Download or read book The Devil's Broker written by Frances Stonor Saunders and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of fourteenth-century Italy traces the period from the end of the Hundred Years' War through the medieval period, to the onset of the Renaissance era, citing the activities of such individuals as the mercenary John Hawkwood and numerous members of the clergy and royal family, and tracing the events of the Black Plague.