A Short History of the Italian Renaissance

Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Maps and Table
List of Genealogies
Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader
A Timeline of the Italian Renaissance
Popes following the Great Schism
Chapter One: Defining the Renaissance
	Jacob Burckhardt
	Burckhardt’s Legacy
Chapter Two: Before the Renaissance
	The Memory of Rome and the Problem of Sovereignty
	The Rise of Communes and Long-Distance Trade
	Dante and the Late-Medieval Italian World
		Dante’s Works
Chapter Three: Social Continuities
	Marriage and the Family
	The Renaissance Italian House
	The Lives of the Less Privileged
	The Role of Religion and the Church
Chapter Four: Petrarch
	Petrarch’s Life and Career
	Petrarch and Early Humanism
Chapter Five: Humanism
	The Circle of Salutati
	Humanism and Women
	Humanism and Education
		The Humanist Curriculum
		The Great Humanist Educators
		The University of Padua
Chapter Six: The Republic of Florence
	Florence: Government and Economy
	The Florentine Republic
	The Rise of the Medici
Chapter Seven: Rome and the Papacy
	The Babylonian Captivity
	The Return to Rome and the Great Schism
	The Renaissance Comes to Rome
	The Borgia Papacy
	Julius II: Papa Terribile
	Grandeur, Reaction, Catastrophe, and Renewal
Chapter Eight: The Maritime States: Pisa, Genoa, and Venice
	The Alliance of Pisa and Genoa
	Pisa after Meloria
	Genoa after Meloria
	The Creation of Venice
	Venice in the Renaissance
	The Expansion of the Venetian Empire
	The Myth of Venice
	Humanism in Venice
	Christians and Turks: The Struggle for the Mediterranean
	The Voyages of Discovery
Chapter Nine: The Principalities
	Il Regno: The Kingdom of Naples
	Milan
	Mantua
	Ferrara
	Urbino
Chapter Ten: Renaissance Neo-Platonism
	The Transition to a Courtly Society
	The Platonic Tradition
	Platonic Love and the Platonic Academy
	The Circle of Lorenzo the Magnificent
Chapter Eleven: The Age of Crisis
	The Age of the Peace of Lodi, 1453–94
	The Rise of Savonarola
	The Expulsion of the Medici and the Theocracy of Savonarola, 1494–98
	Italy after 1494
Chapter Twelve: Medici Popes and Princes
	The Medici Popes
	The Medici Principate
Chapter Thirteen: The Counsel of Experience in Challenging Times
	Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince
	The Discourses on Livy
	Francesco Guicciardini
Chapter Fourteen: Art and Architecture
	Renaissance Art and Sculpture
	Painting in Venice
	The High Renaissance
	Architecture
	The Decorative Arts
Chapter Fifteen: The End of the Renaissance in Italy
	Florence
	Venice
	Rome
Conclusion
Bibliography
Sources
Index
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