Format:
1 online resource (322 pages)
ISBN:
9781000012309
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- What was the Renaissance? -- 'Italy is the land where best grows the plant, Man' -- 1 The geographical expression -- The four powers -- Trade and traders -- 2 Florence: the search for the past -- The citizens and their city -- The Florentine humanists -- The House of Medici -- 3 The throne of StPeter -- The Renaissance popes -- The resurrection of Rome -- 4 The paradox of Venice -- 5 The warrior princes -- The Montefeltri of Urbino -- The Gonzaga of Mantua -- The Estensi of Ferrara -- 6 Domestic interior -- The family -- Women and the home -- 7 The social matrix -- Crime, poverty and punishment -- Religion and morality -- 8 The Renaissance manifest -- The 'rebirth' of art -- The artist in society -- 9 The golden age -- Milan of the Sforzas -- Rome, the Golden City -- Notes and sources -- Appendix I. A note on Italian currencies -- Appendix II. Genealogies -- Appendix III. Popes and Venetian Doges -- Appendix IV. Chronological outline -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367261900
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367261900
Language:
English
