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  • Renaissance Lawgivers

    Savonarola, Machiavelli, Castiglione and Aretino

    by Ralph Roeder ...
    The Italian Renaissance culminated between the years 1494 and 1530. The figures examined in this classic volume illustrate four key figures representing the moral life of the period. The usual picture of that period is one of exuberant energy and positive achievement. Roeder reminds us that it was also one of moral travail and misery. Its triumphs are preserved in art, its reverses in its ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Woman of the Eighteenth Century

    Her Life, from Birth to Death, Her Love and Her Philosophy in the Worlds of Salon, Shop and Street

    by Edmond de Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt ...
    Translated by Jacques Le Clercq, Ralph Roeder ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
    This translation of the French Femme au dix-huitiéme siécle from 1862, first published in English in 1928, traces the life of the Eighteenth Century woman in an historical account. Through discussion of evidence from paintings and memoirs, the book draws an intimate lifelike account of what lay behind these images for women in France of this time. The Goncourt brothers wrote several social ... Read more

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  • The Council of Egypt

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  • The Medici Popes

    by Herbert Vaughan ...
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  • A History of the Medici Popes

    by Herbert Vaughan ...
    IN our efforts to realise the leading events of our own history we experience no small difficulty from the fact that so much of the face of England has completely altered its outward appearance under the stress of modern development, so that we find it particularly hard to picture to ourselves their original setting. Our overgrown yet ever-spreading capital owns scarcely a feature to-day in common ... Read more

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  • A Short History of the Renaissance

    by Edith Sichel ...
    MICHAEL ANGELO'S great painting of the newly created Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel might be taken as a symbol of the Renaissance, of the time when man was, as it were, re-created more glorious than before, with a body naked and unashamed, and a strong arm, unimpaired by fasting, outstretched towards life and light. Definitions are generally misleading, and it is easier to represent the ... Read more

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    "Old Calabria" by Norman Douglas is a captivating exploration of the southern Italian region of Calabria, known for its rugged landscapes and rich cultural heritage. Through vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, Douglas paints a portrait of a land steeped in history, tradition, and the complexities of rural life. His observations reveal the beauty and challenges faced by the locals, as well ... Read more

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  • The Renaissance Wars in Italy

    by Jean de Sismondi ...
    When Innocent III. died, vast sums began to pour into the Roman banks. It was evident that the Papacy was for sale to the highest bidder, and that the bidding would run high. One of the competitors, Roderigo Borgia, the nephew of Calixtus III., was a man of great wealth. He expended it lavishly, and by this and by the unsparing but judicious placing of big promises, he got the requisite majority ... Read more

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  • Renaissance in Italy : The Age of the Despots, Volume I (Illustrated)

    by John Addington Symonds ...
    “Thus what the word Renaissance really means is new birth to liberty—the spirit of mankind recovering consciousness and the power of self-determination, recognizing the beauty of the outer world, and of the body through art, liberating the reason in science and the conscience in religion, restoring culture to the intelligence, and establishing the principle of political freedom. The Church was the ... Read more

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  • The Medici Popes: Leo X and Clement VII

    by Herbert M. Vaughan ...
    Published in 1908, this vintage text by Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan (1870-1948), provides a fascinating insight into the realm of the Medici Popes in Italy. Featuring the original illustrations, this edition is a must-have for any historian or enthusiast for Renaissance history. Contents include: Pedigree of the Senior Branch of the House of Medici; 1 Childhood and Youth in Florence; 2 Misfortune ... Read more

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  • Visits to the Dead in the Catacombs of Rome, Illustrated

    by G W Greene ...
    Professor Greene, for many years consul of the United States at Rome during the early 19th century brings us a short history of the Catacombs of Rome. ... Read more

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