Major Problems in the History of the Italian Renaissance (Major Problems in European History) [Did women have a renaissance?- The plage and public health- The plague strikes Orvieto- Medical reputations and the Black Death- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages- luxury consumption- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany- rise of the Medici- Machiavelli's world- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature- Giovanni Caldiera- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice- Clerics and laymen]

Smith, Alison Andrews. ; Kohl, Benjamin G. Jacob Burckhardt Joan Kelly Elisabeth Carpentier Nancy G. Siraisi Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett Giuliano Pinto Richard A. Goldthwaite Judith C. Brown Marvin B. Becker David Herlihy Christiane Klapisch-Zuber John M. Najemy Frederic C. Lane P.J. Jones Dale Kent Garrett Mattingly Ronald G. Witt Hans Baron Albert Rabil, Jr Margaret L. King Paul Oskar Kristeller Charles Trinkaus Christiane Klapisch-Zuber Stanley Chonjnacki Diane Owen Hughes Richard Trexler Edward Muir William J. Bouwsma Carlo Dionisotti

ISBN 10: 066928002X / ISBN 13: 9780669280029

Published by D. C. Heath, 1994

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xiv, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780669280029, 066928002X OCLC 31890473 LCCN 94076841 LC DG533 .M27 1995 Dewey 945/.05 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Renaissance problem -- 1. The Renaissance problem -- The culture of the Italian Renaissance / Jacob Burckhardt -- Did women have a renaissance? / Joan Kelly -- pt. II. The material world -- 2. The plage and public health -- The plague strikes Orvieto / Elisabeth Carpentier -- Medical reputations and the Black Death / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages / Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett -- 3. The economy of city and countryside -- Landed property and trade in medieval Siena / Giuliano Pinto -- The preconditions for luxury consumption / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany / Judith C. Brown -- 4. Urban needs and opportunities -- The Italian urban experience / Marvin B. Becker -- Social mobility in Florence / David Herlihy -- The urban territory of a Florentine merchant, 1400 / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- pt. III. Political forms -- 5. Renaissance Venice and Florence emerge -- Guild republicianism in Trecento Florence / John M. Najemy -- The Venetian aristocracy takes control / Frederic C. Lane -- 6. Forms of government in Renaissance Italy -- Communes and despots in late-medieval Italy / P.J. Jones -- The rise of the Medici / Dale Kent -- 7. Machiavelli's world -- The prince : political science or political satire? / Garrett Mattingly -- Machiavelli's advice to princes / Quentin Skinner Pt. IV. Humanism -- The beginnings of humanism / Ronald G. Witt -- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature / Hans Baron -- 9. Humanism serves the state -- In defense of civic humanism / Hans Baron -- The significance of civic humanism / Albert Rabil, Jr -- The moral philosophy of a Venetian humanist, Giovanni Caldiera / Margaret L. King -- 10. Schools of humanism -- Humanism and scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance / Paul Oskar Kristeller -- Antiquity versus modernity / Charles Trinkaus -- pt. V. Urban society and culture -- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice / Stanley Chonjnacki -- 12. Conspicuous consumption -- The building of Renaissance Florence / Richard A. Goldwaite -- Sumptuary law and social relations in Renaissance Italy / Diane Owen Hughes -- 13. Spirituality and ritual -- Ritual behavior in Renaissance Florence / Richard Trexler -- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir -- 14. The end of the Renaissance? -- Changing assumptions in later Renaissance culture / William J. Bouwsma -- Clerics and laymen in Italian literature / Carlo Dionisotti ; FINE.

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• Title: Major Problems in the History of the Italian Renaissance (Major Problems in European History) [Did women have a renaissance?- The plage and public health- The plague strikes Orvieto- Medical reputations and the Black Death- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages- luxury consumption- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany- rise of the Medici- Machiavelli's world- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature- Giovanni Caldiera- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence- Wives and husbands in late...
• Publisher: D. C. Heath
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 066928002X
• ISBN 13: 9780669280029
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history.