Travel Journal : Chapter 13 Summary and Analysis

Italy, the Road to Rome is the next section. This portion covers October 28 - November 29 of the year 1580. There is a boundary between nations in this region. The difference mainly shows by the change of which language is predominantly used. Italian comes into use in full force near enough to Trent. There is also a German location nearby, and this includes a congregation with a cleric that speaks the German language on a regular basis as part of the ceremonial and standard practices there. The secretary reports that his boss has been surveying the most prominent citizens of the town in order to see who has most helped their own home town. There is then some further discussion of the state of a church construction project and related clerics. There is an unfinished building project: the Church...