Kelly DeVries

A highly illustrated account of one of the major battles of Italy's 13th century wars, immortalised in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri who was one of the combatants. Campaldino 1289 is one of the important battles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines—the major political factions in the city-states of central and northern Italy. It heralded the rise of Florence to...