{"product_id":"siena-by-jane-stevenson-9781801101158","title":"Siena","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSiena\u003c\/em\u003e by Jane Stevenson is an authoritative and richly illustrated history that affectionately celebrates Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOccupying a hilltop site amidst a vast, undulating landscape, Siena attracts contemporary tourists as much as Florence. However, its proud republican past presents an intriguing contrast to its Medici-dominated northern Tuscan rival, with which it vied for local supremacy during much of the High Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twelfth century, Siena profited from its advantageous position on a major pilgrim route, developing into a major European power and remaining an important commercial, financial, and artistic centre for four centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJane Stevenson explores the changing fortunes of a city that experienced an astonishingly productive cultural heyday in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Despite suffering a catastrophic late medieval decline in the aftermath of the Black Death, Siena transcended the loss of its wider political power to enjoy a prosperous civic afterlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Siena holds a cherished position as a uniquely well-preserved medieval city, abundant with world-class art and architecture, furnished with appealing and intriguing traditions, and set in a heavenly landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833473683692,"sku":"9781801101158","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7111673482829.jpg?v=1758461900","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/siena-by-jane-stevenson-9781801101158","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}