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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The civilization of the Renaissance in Italy The civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Jacob Burckhardt Jacob Burckhardt was born in 1818 in Basel, Switzerland. He studied history at the University of Berlin and taught art history and the Italian Renaissance in Berlin and Basel. His essay, as he called… OL10426770W
The Italian Renaissance in its historical background The Italian Renaissance in its historical background Hay, Denys. "Counter Professor Hay provides a clear picture of what the Renaissance was, what it meant and how it spread. He shows the Renaissance as a growing and changing series of attitudes and ideas, rooted … OL1405168W
The Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance Virginia Schomp Discusses how and why the Renaissance began in Italy, the cultural and intellectual achievements of the Italian Renaissance, and the lasting effects of these achievements on Western civilization. OL15039656W
A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance Guido Ruggiero This volume brings together some of the most exciting renaissance scholars to suggest new ways of thinking about the period and to set a new series of agendas for Renaissance scholarship.Overturns th… OL15171947W
Death in Florence Death in Florence Paul Strathern By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the prog… OL16082131W
Genealogies of fiction Genealogies of fiction Eleonora Stoppino "Genealogies of Fiction is a study of gender, dynastic politics, and intertextuality in medieval and Renaissance chivalric epic, focused on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. Relying on the direct s… OL16176100W
Vendetta Vendetta Hugh Bicheno Federico da Montefeltro was the archetypal Renaissance prince: brave soldier, wise ruler, and patron of the arts. His lifelong rival, Sigismondo Pandolfo, was the foremost field commander of his day … OL18147482W
Language and images of Renaissance Italy Language and images of Renaissance Italy Alison Brown xv, 338 p. : 23 cm OL19527709W
The Borgias The Borgias Marion Johnson,Georgina Masson A lavishly illustrated biography of the Spanish family of colorful characters which produced two of the corrupt Renaissance popes. OL2135025W
Giovanni and Lusanna Giovanni and Lusanna Gene A. Brucker "In 1455, Lusanna, a beautiful Florentine woman of the artisan class, brought suit against her wealthy, high-born lover Giovanni, claiming that she and Giovanni had been secretly married during their… OL2749628W
Doctors, ambassadors, secretaries Doctors, ambassadors, secretaries Douglas Biow xviii, 224 p. : 24 cm OL3237111W
Women, family, and ritual in Renaissance Italy Women, family, and ritual in Renaissance Italy Christiane Klapisch-Zuber English translations of the author's most important articles. OL4573305W