TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Abbreviations 



I. 

 II. 



Introduction 



Italy and the Visconti ..... 



1. Italy in the Fourteenth Century 



2. Lombardy and Tuscany in the Fourteenth 



Century ....... 



3. The Companies of Adventure 



4. The House of Visconti ..... 



III. The Considerations which determined the 



Alliance . 



IV. Lionel's Journey to Italy 



1. Dover to Paris 



2. Paris to Chambery 



3. Chambery to Pavia 



4. Pavia to Milan 



V. Lionel and Violante 



1. Lionel 



2. Violante 



VI. The Wedding 

 VII. The Banquet 

 VIII. Petrarch at the Banquet . 

 IX. Lionel's Remaining Life 

 X. Lionel's Death and Burial 

 XI. Lionel's Will 

 XII. Despenser and the Visconti 

 XIII. Violante's Later Life . 

 Appendix A: Lionel's Name and Title 

 Appendix B : Chaucer's Alaunts 



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