The Renaissance in Rome

Stinger, Charles L

ISBN 10: 0253212081 / ISBN 13: 9780253212085

Published by Indiana University Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Renaissance in Rome
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253212081
• ISBN 13: 9780253212085
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

" . . . comprehensive, readable, beautifully documented . . . I cannot imagine a library or a person seriously interested in Renaissance Rome without it." ―Manuscripta

"Brilliant synthesis. A must." ―Bibliotheque L'Humanisme et Renaissance

" . . . no book in English or otherwise covers the breadth of Renaissance Rome as this one does. It will be definitive for a long time." ―Church History

" . . . attractively presented . . . stimulating . . . " ―Renaissance Studies

"In lively prose . . . the author paints a complex multilayered image of compelling vividness." ―History of European Ideas

A distinctively Roman Renaissance starting in the middle of the fifteenth century is the subject of Charles Stinger's celebrated study. Cultural history at its best, The Renaissance in Rome will inform both Renaissance and Reformation scholars, as well as general readers fascinated and affected by the Eternal City.

About the Author

CHARLES L. STINGER is Associate Dean and Professor of History at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of Humanism and the Church Fathers: Ambrogio Traversari and Christian Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance and numerous essays and articles on Renaissance Rome.