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The Civilisation of The Renaissance In Italy by Jacob Burckhardt

This follows the Middlemore translation with minor emendations. Chapter headings: Introduction; The Tyranny of the Fourteenth Century; The Tyranny of the Fifteenth Century; The Petty Tyrannies; The Greater Dynasties; The Opponents of Tyranny; The Republics: Venice and Florence; The Foreign Policy of the Italian States; War as a Work of Art; The Papacy and Its Dangers; The Italian State and the Individual; The Perfecting of the Individual; The Modern Idea of Fame; Modern Wit and Satire; Introductory Remarks; Rome, the City of Ruins; The Old Authors; Humanism in the Fourteenth Century; The Universities and Schools; The Furtherers of Humanism; The Reproduction of Antiquity: Latin Correspondence and Orations; Latin Treatises and History; General Latinisation of Culture; Modern Latin Poetry; Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century; Journeys of the Italians; Natural Science in Italy; The Discovery of Natural Beauty; The Discovery of Man – Spiritual Description in Poetry; Biography; The Description of Nations and Cities; Description of the Outward Man; Descriptions of Life in Movement; The Equalisation of Classes; The Outward Refinement of Life; Language as the Basis of Social Intercourse; The Higher Forms of Society; The Perfect Man of Society; The Position of Woman; Domestic Economy; The Festivals; Morality; Religion in Daily Life; Religion and the Spirit of the Renaissance; Mixture of Ancient and Modern Superstition; General Disintegration of Belief.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression No. 1212
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2004
• Green Cloth Hardback, 451 pp
• With colour photographs
• Size 260 x 200mm, 1.9kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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