Matthew Thomas Sneider is an associate professor of history at UMass Dartmouth, where he teaches courses on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. His research centers on charitable institutions and lay confraternities in the early modern contado. Rala Isobel Diakité is a professor of Italian at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, where she teaches Italian language and culture. Her research interests center on medieval Italian literature and chronicles, theatre, and translation.

• Introduction I - Historical Introduction by Matthew SneiderIntroduction II - Transmission of Villani's New Chronicle: Manuscripts, Rewritings, and Print by Rala I. DiakiteNotes on the Translation The Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's New ChronicleBibliographyIndex

Matthew Thomas Sneider is an associate professor of history at UMass Dartmouth, where he teaches courses on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. His research centers on charitable institutions and lay confraternities in the early modern contado. Rala Isobel Diakité is a professor of Italian at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, where she teaches Italian language and culture. Her research interests center on medieval Italian literature and chronicles, theatre, and translation.

• Introduction I - Historical Introduction by Matthew SneiderIntroduction II - Transmission of Villani's New Chronicle: Manuscripts, Rewritings, and Print by Rala I. DiakiteNotes on the Translation The Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's New ChronicleBibliographyIndex

Matthew Thomas Sneider is an associate professor of history at UMass Dartmouth, where he teaches courses on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. His research centers on charitable institutions and lay confraternities in the early modern contado. Rala Isobel Diakité is a professor of Italian at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, where she teaches Italian language and culture. Her research interests center on medieval Italian literature and chronicles, theatre, and translation.

• Introduction I - Historical Introduction by Matthew SneiderIntroduction II - Transmission of Villani's New Chronicle: Manuscripts, Rewritings, and Print by Rala I. DiakiteNotes on the Translation The Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's New ChronicleBibliographyIndex