{"product_id":"9781605012636","title":"History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy or Florentine Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete interlinked edition complemented by author biography and analysis.   \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction by HUGO ALBERT RENNERT, Ph.D. Professor of Romanic Languages and   Literature, University of Pennsylvania. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The people who inhabit the northern parts beyond the Rhine and the Danube,   living in a healthy and prolific region, frequently increase to such vast   multitudes that part of them are compelled to abandon their native soil, and   seek a habitation in other countries. The method adopted, when one of these   provinces had to be relieved of its superabundant population, was to divide into   three parts, each containing an equal number of nobles and of people, of rich   and of poor. The third upon whom the lot fell, then went in search of new   abodes, leaving the remaining two-thirds in possession of their native country.   \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese migrating masses destroyed the Roman empire by the facilities for   settlement which the country offered when the emperors abandoned Rome, the   ancient seat of their dominion, and fixed their residence at Constantinople; for   by this step they exposed the western empire to the rapine of both their   ministers and their enemies, the remoteness of their position preventing them   either from seeing or providing for its necessities. To suffer the overthrow of   such an extensive empire, established by the blood of so many brave and virtuous   men, showed no less folly in the princes themselves than infidelity in their   ministers; for not one irruption alone, but many, contributed to its ruin; and   these barbarians exhibited much ability and perseverance in accomplishing their   object.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- Excerpted from \"History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy or   Florentine Histories\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164093300976,"sku":"9781605012636","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605012636_p0.jpg?v=1763829493","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605012636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}