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Giovanni Villani
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Italian merchant and historical writer (1280-1348)

Also known as: Джованни Виллани, جيوفاني فيلاني, 조반니 빌라니, ジョヴァンニ・ヴィッラーニ, 乔万尼·维拉尼, Виллани Д.

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Known works

  • Restauro in Irpinia
  • Croniche (1537)
  • La Collaborazione sanitaria nelle controversie previdenziali
  • Statuti suntuari ricordati da Giovanni Villani circa il vestiaro delle donne i regalie e banchetti delle nozze e circa la pompe funebri ordinati dal Comune di Pistoia negli anni 1332 e 1333
  • The Divine comedy; or, The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri ...