Bartolomeo di ser Gorello (1322/26 – ca. 1390), also known by the Latinized name Bartholomeus Gorellus, was an Italian notary who wrote a town chronicle of

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

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verse. The ''Cronica dei fatti d'Arezzo'' is important to historians for its

Ghibelline The Guelphs and Ghibellines (, , ; it, guelfi e ghibellini ) were factions supporting the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, respectively, in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy. During the 12th and 13th centuries, rival ...

perspective on the power base of North Italian

city-state A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of the world since the dawn of history, including cities such as ...

s in the later 14th century.

Edition

Arturo Bini and Giovanni Grazzini, ''Cronica dei fatti d'Arezzo'', Rerum Italicarum Scriptores (Raccolta degli Storici Italiani) 2, 15/1, N. Zanichelli, 1917.

References

Italian notaries 1320s births 1390s deaths People from Arezzo Italian chroniclers {{Italy-historian-stub