Review
'xxx; demonstrates the gains to the historian, and his readers, from a panoramic view xxx;'New Statesman'Professor Larner's book is encouraging xxx; includes a good discussion of sources and historiography.'The Guardian
Product Description
John Larner examines all the major developments across the Italian peninsula in the period that saw the rise of Florence and Venice, the development of a commercial empire by Italian towns which stretched from England to China, as well as the extraordinary cultural growth of the time.