Italy in the age of the Renaissance : 1300-1550 /

Other Authors: Najemy, John M.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Series:The short Oxford history of Italy
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Italy and the Renaissance / John M. Najemy
  • Education and the emergence of a literate society / Robert Black
  • Humanism and the lure of antiquity / Carol Everhart Quillen
  • Religion and the Church / David S. Peterson
  • Family and marriage: a socio-legal perspective / Julius Kirshner
  • Bodies, disease, and society / Diane Owen Hughes
  • The economy: work and wealth / Franco Franceschi
  • The popolo / Andrea Zorzi
  • The power of the elites: family, patronage, and the state / Dale Kent
  • Governments and governance / John M. Najemy
  • The South / David Abulafia
  • Representations of power / Edward Muir
  • Rethinking the Renaissance in the aftermath of Italy's crisis / Alison Brown.