Note 200 — Chapter III · THE FIRST WARS AND FIRST REFORMS OF THE FLORENTINE COMMUNE.144
Linda Villari translation
In the year 1197, Paolino Pieri tells us: "San Miniato al Tedesco, or rather its fortress, was destroyed." In 1198, he tells how "San Genesio was pulled down by the inhabitants" (terrazzani), who then returned to the hill-top, and rebuilt San Miniato. Villani (v. 21) says that San Miniato was destroyed, and its inhabitants came down to St. Genesio in the plain. Vide also the "Annales," ii., and the Neap. Cod., ad annum. Hartwig (ii. 93) has examined the question minutely, and swept away all inaccuracies and exaggerations.