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Ten essays by eminent scholars in Renaissance studies to celebrate the work of Robert Black. These essays analyze education, humanism, political thought, printing, and the visual arts during this key period in their development.
Author : Jonathan Davies
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,87 MB
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9004464867
Ten essays by eminent scholars in Renaissance studies to celebrate the work of Robert Black. These essays analyze education, humanism, political thought, printing, and the visual arts during this key period in their development.
Author : Jerry H. Bentley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 140085881X
Examining the cultural history of Renaissance Naples with an emphasis on humanism, the author also evaluates Naples in the broader context of fifteenth-century Italy and Renaissance Europe in general. He addresses several prominent themes of Renaissance history: patron- client relationships, the development of a realistic, Machiavellian approach to matters of statecraft and diplomacy, and the influence of Neapolitan humanists on European culture in general. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : John M. Najemy
Publisher : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 31,12 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780772720382
This volume celebrates John M. Najemy and his contributions to the study of Florentine and Italian Renaissance history. Over the last three decades, his books and articles on Florentine politics and political thought have substantially revised the narratives and contours of these fields. They have also provided a framework into which he has woven innovative new threads that have emerged in Renaissance social and cultural history. Presented by his many students and friends, the essays aim to highlight his varied interests and to suggest where they may point for future studies of Florence and, indeed, beyond. -- Amazon.com.
Author : Allen J. Grieco
Publisher :
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 10,84 MB
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9788833670393
Author : Kenneth Paul Tan
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789971693770
Contains discussions on Singapore's public rhetoric about liberalization and its association with the development of a creative economy, focusing on questions surrounding conservatism, national identity and values, civil society activism, and the societal role of the younger generation.
Author : Letizia Panizza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1351199056
"An impressive collection of 29 essays by British, American and Italian scholars on important historical, artistic, cultural, social, legal, literary and theatrical aspects of women's contributions to the Italian Renaissance, in its broadest sense. Many contributions are the result of first-hand archival research and are illustrated with numerous unpublished or little-known reproductions or original material. The subjects include: women and the court ( Dilwyn Knox, Evelyn S Welch, Francine Daenens and Diego Zancani ); women and the church ( Gabriella Zarri, Victoria Primhak, Kate Lowe, Francesca Medioli and Ruth Chavasse ); legal constraints and ethical precepts ( Marina Graziosi, Christine Meek, Brian Richardson, Jane Bridgeman and Daniela De Bellis ); female models of comportment ( Marta Ajmarm Paola Tinagli and Sara F Matthews Grieco ); women and the stage ( Richard Andrews, Maggie Guensbergberg, Rosemary E Bancroft-Marcus ); women and letters ( Diana Robin, Virginia Cox, Pamela J Benson, Judy Rawson, Conor Fahy, Giovanni Aquilecchia, Adriana Chemello, Giovanna Rabitti and Nadia Cannata Salamone )."
Author : James Hankins
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674242521
Winner of the Helen and Howard Marraro Prize A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year “Perhaps the greatest study ever written of Renaissance political thought.” —Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement “Magisterial...Hankins shows that the humanists’ obsession with character explains their surprising indifference to particular forms of government. If rulers lacked authentic virtue, they believed, it did not matter what institutions framed their power.” —Wall Street Journal “Puts the politics back into humanism in an extraordinarily deep and far-reaching way...For generations to come, all who write about the political thought of Italian humanism will have to refer to it; its influence will be...nothing less than transformative.” —Noel Malcolm, American Affairs “[A] masterpiece...It is only Hankins’s tireless exploration of forgotten documents...and extraordinary endeavors of editing, translation, and exposition that allow us to reconstruct—almost for the first time in 550 years—[the humanists’] three compelling arguments for why a strong moral character and habits of truth are vital for governing well. Yet they are as relevant to contemporary democracy in Britain, and in the United States, as to Machiavelli.” —Rory Stewart, Times Literary Supplement “The lessons for today are clear and profound.” —Robert D. Kaplan Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society. Everywhere they saw problems. Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over the common good; religious leaders preoccupied with self-advancement while feuding armies waged endless wars. Their solution was at once simple and radical. “Men, not walls, make a city,” as Thucydides so memorably said. They would rebuild the fabric of society by transforming the moral character of its citizens. Soulcraft, they believed, was a precondition of successful statecraft. A landmark reappraisal of Renaissance political thought, Virtue Politics challenges the traditional narrative that looks to the Renaissance as the seedbed of modern republicanism and sees Machiavelli as its exemplary thinker. James Hankins reveals that what most concerned the humanists was not reforming institutions so much as shaping citizens. If character mattered more than laws, it would have to be nurtured through a new program of education they called the studia humanitatis: the precursor to our embattled humanities.
Author : C. Levin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 2008-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0230615732
Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams, actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in order to provide a window into the mental life and the most profound beliefs of people of the time.
Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 13,11 MB
Release : 2024-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Explore the "Italian Renaissance" through the lens of political science in this insightful book. Uncover how this era sparked significant political changes, laying the groundwork for modern governance. Ideal for professionals, students, and enthusiasts, it provides in-depth knowledge of one of history's most influential periods. Chapters Overview: 1. Italian Renaissance: A cultural and political rebirth that reshaped European thought. 2. Florence: The political heart of the Renaissance, led by the influential Medici family. 3. Renaissance: The cultural and political impact across Italy. 4. Renaissance Architecture: How architecture mirrored political power. 5. Giorgio Vasari: His role in documenting the Renaissance's political aspects. 6. Cosimo de' Medici: His strategies shaped Florentine politics. 7. Republic of Florence: The dynamics of Florence as a Renaissance republic. 8. Renaissance Art: Art as a political tool reflecting rulership and humanism. 9. Florence Baptistery: The political symbolism in Florence's architecture. 10. Italian Art: The evolution of art as political propaganda. 11. History of Florence: Florence's political history, from republicanism to Medici rule. 12. Music of Florence: Music's political role in civic life. 13. John Argyropoulos: Byzantium's influence on Renaissance humanism. 14. Museo Nazionale di San Marco: The museum's preservation of Renaissance political legacy. 15. Florentine Painting: Depictions of political power in art. 16. Italian Renaissance Painting: Trends reflecting political patronage. 17. Tuscany: Tuscany's influence as a political and cultural hub. 18. Italophilia: European admiration for Italian culture and its political impact. 19. Renaissance Articles Index: A detailed index for deeper exploration. 20. Italo-Byzantine: Byzantine influences on Renaissance art and politics. 21. Renaissance Sculpture: Sculpture as a medium for political expression. Immerse yourself in the political and cultural innovations of the Italian Renaissance, from Florence's power corridors to Rome's intellectual salons. This book offers a compelling journey through one of history's defining eras.
Author : Oren Margolis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0191082198
The poet-king without a throne appears here in an entirely new light. In The Politics of Culture in Quattrocento Europe: René of Anjou in Italy, Oren Margolis explores how this French prince and exiled king of Naples (1409-1480) engaged his Italian network in a programme of cultural politics conducted with an eye towards a return to power in the peninsula. Built on a series of original interpretations of humanistic and artistic material (chiefly Latin orations and illuminated manuscripts of classical texts), this is also a case study for a 'diplomatic approach' to culture. It recasts its source base as a form of high-level communication for a hyper-literate elite of those who could read the works created by humanist and artistic agents for their constituent parts: the potent words or phrases and relevant classical allusions; the channels through which a given work was commissioned or transmitted; and then the nature of the network gathered around a political agenda. This is a volume for all those interested in the politics and culture of later medieval Europe and Renaissance Italy: the kings of France and dukes of Burgundy, the Medici, the Sforza, the Venetians, and their armies, ambassadors, and adversaries all appear here; so do Giovanni Bellini, Andrea Mantegna, Guarino of Verona, and their respective intellectual and artistic circles. Emerging from it is a challenge to conventional interpretations of the politics of humanism, and a new vision of the Quattrocento: a century in which the Italian Renaissance began its takeover of Europe, but in which Renaissance culture was itself shaped by its European political, social, and diplomatic context.