Letters on Familiar Matters
Author : Francesco Petrarca
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Authors, Italian
ISBN : 9780801822872
Author : Francesco Petrarca
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Authors, Italian
ISBN : 9780801822872
Author : Francesco Petrarca
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,18 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Authors, Italian
ISBN :
Author : Francesco Petrarca
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN :
THIS TRANSLATION makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Petrarch's earliest and perhaps most important collection of prose letters. They were written for the most part between 1325 and 1366, and were organized into the present collection of twenty-four books between 1345 and 1366. THE COLLECTION represents a portrait of the artist as a young man seen through the eyes of the mature artist. Whether in the writing of poetry, or being crowned poet laureate, or in confessing his faults, describing the dissolution of the kingdom of Naples, summoning up the grandeur of ancient Rome, or in writing to pope or emperor, Petrarch was always the consummate artist, deeply concerned with creating a desired effect by means of a dignified gracefulness, and always conscious that his private life and thoughts could be the object of high art and public interest. AS EARLY AS 1436 Leonardo Bruni wrote in his Life of Petrarch: "Petrarch was the first man to have had a sufficiently fine mind to recognize the gracefulness of the lost ancient style and to bring it back to life." It was indeed the very style or manner in which Petrarch consciously sought to create the impression of continuity with the past that was responsible for the enormous impact he made on subsequent generations. THIS COMPLETE TRANSLATION by Aldo S. Bernardo has long been out of print and is reproduced here in its entirety in three volumes. Vol. 3, Books XVII-XXIV. Introduction, notes, bibliography.
Author : Francesco Petrarca
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Authors, Italian
ISBN : 9781599103020
Author : Francesco Petrarch
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,56 MB
Release : 2009-08-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781599104256
THIS TRANSLATION makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Petrarch's earliest and perhaps most important collection of prose letters. They were written for the most part between 1325 and 1366, and were organized into the present collection of twenty-four books between 1345 and 1366. THE COLLECTION represents a portrait of the artist as a young man seen through the eyes of the mature artist. Whether in the writing of poetry, or being crowned poet laureate, or in confessing his faults, describing the dissolution of the kingdom of Naples, summoning up the grandeur of ancient Rome, or in writing to pope or emperor, Petrarch was always the consummate artist, deeply concerned with creating a desired effect by means of a dignified gracefulness, and always conscious that his private life and thoughts could be the object of high art and public interest. AS EARLY AS 1436 Leonardo Bruni wrote in his Life of Petrarch: "Petrarch was the first man to have had a sufficiently fine mind to recognize the gracefulness of the lost ancient style and to bring it back to life." It was indeed the very style or manner in which Petrarch consciously sought to create the impression of continuity with the past that was responsible for the enormous impact he made on subsequent generations. THIS COMPLETE TRANSLATION by Aldo S. Bernardo has long been out of print and is reproduced here in its entirety in three volumes. Vol. 3, Books XVII-XXIV. Introduction, notes, bibliography.
Author : Francesco Petrarca
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0802719627
On March 15, 1348, Joanna I, the queen of Naples, stood trial for her life before the Pope and his court in Avignon. She was 20, and accused of murdering her cousin and husband, Hungarian prince Andrew. That she won her acquittal--arguing her own case in Latin--was remarkable in its own right; that she would go on to rule over one of Europe's most glittering courts for more than 30 years was extraordinary. For the first time, Nancy Goldstone tells the full story of one of the most courageous and accomplished women in history, who challenged the powers of her time, and whose life highlights the dynastic rivalries and alliances across Europe in the dramatic 14th century. She was the only woman in her time to rule in her own name. Dedicated to the welfare of her subjects and realm, Joanna reduced crime, built hospitals and churches, encouraged the licensing of women physicians, and lured some of the most important writers and artists of the century to her glamorous, elegant court, which rivaled that of Elizabeth I of England in power and scope. Around her also swirled war, plague, and the intrigue and treachery that would ultimately be her downfall. As Nancy Goldstone reveals, in Joanna's legacy are found the seeds of both the Renaissance and the Reformation. For anyone who has enjoyed the works of Alison Weir, Amanda Foreman, and Antonia Fraser,The Lady Queen will be must reading.
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 900418841X
Building on recent revisionist trends, this book offers a refreshing new perspective on the Renaissance and presents an invaluable examination of continuities and discontinuities from Petrarch to Machiavelli, from Giotto to Dürer, and from Italy to Burgundy, Bohemia and beyond.
Author : Elizabeth Moore Willingham
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 2024-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1835536549
An Earthy Entanglement with Spirituality offers compelling perspectives on the human spirit as represented in literature and art. Authors approach the inquiry using distinct critical approaches to varied primary sources—poetry of various genres and periods, Shakespearean drama, contemporary theater, Renaissance sculpture, and the novel, short story, sketch, and dialogue.
Author : Sherry Roush
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442650400
In Speaking Spirits, Sherry Roush presents the first systematic study of early modern Italian eidolopoeia.