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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778401003321

Titolo

Italy in the age of the Renaissance [[electronic resource] ] : 1300-1550 / / edited by John M. Najemy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-383-03139-8

1-282-32816-6

9786612328169

0-19-152484-0

1-4356-0685-X

Edizione

[New Ed]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

The Short Oxford history of Italy

Altri autori (Persone)

NajemyJohn M. <1943->

Disciplina

945/.05

Soggetti

Renaissance - Italy

Italy Civilization 1268-1559

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: Italy and the Renaissance; 1 Education and the emergence of a literate society; 2 Humanism and the lure of antiquity; 3 Religion and the Church; 4 Family and marriage: a socio-legal perspective; 5 Bodies, disease, and society; 6 The economy: work and wealth; 7 The popolo; 8 The power of the elites: family, patronage, and the state; 9 Governments and governance; 10 The South; 11 Representations of power; 12 Rethinking the Renaissance in the aftermath of Italy's crisis; Further reading; Chronology; Maps

Index

Sommario/riassunto

The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance society, intellectual history, and politics, with each contribution reflecting the most recent innovations in the way that historians view and study the period. - ;TEXTBOOK -