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UNINA9910963868403321 |
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Brucker Gene A |
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Living on the edge in Leonardo's Florence : selected essays / / Gene Brucker |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
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9786612357480 |
9781282357488 |
1282357484 |
9780520930995 |
0520930991 |
9781597347204 |
1597347205 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvi, 211 pages) : maps |
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Renaissance - Italy - Florence |
Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737 |
Florence (Italy) History To 1421 |
Italy History 1268-1492 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Introduction -- 1. The Italian Renaissance -- 2. Civic Traditions in Premodern Italy -- 3. From Campanilismo to Nationhood: Forging an Italian Identity -- 4. "The Horseshoe Nail": Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy -- 5. Fede and Fiducia: The Problem of Trust in Italian History, 1300-1500 -- 6. Florence Redux -- 7. Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence -- 8. Florentine Cathedral Chaplains in the Fifteenth Century -- 9. The Pope, the Pandolfini, and the Parrochiani of S. Martino a Gangalandi (1465) -- 10. Alessandra Strozzi (1408-1471): The Eventful Life of a Florentine Matron -- Notes -- Index |
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In Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence, an internationally renowned master of the historian's craft provides a splendid overview |
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of Italian history from the Black Death to the rise of the Medici in 1434 and beyond into the early modern period. Gene Brucker explores those pivotal years in Florence and ranges over northern Italy, with forays into the histories of Genoa, Milan, and Venice. The ten essays, three of which have never before been published, exhibit Brucker's graceful intelligence, his command of the archival sources, and his ability to make history accessible to anyone interested in this place and period. Whether he is writing about a case in the criminal archives, about a citation from Machiavelli, or the concept of modernity, the result is the same: Brucker brings the pulse of the period alive. Five of these essays explore themes in the premodern period and delve into Italy's political, social, economic, religious, and cultural development. Among these pieces is a lucid, synoptic view of the Italian Renaissance. The last five essays focus more narrowly on Florentine topics, including a fascinating look at the dangers and anxieties that threatened Florence in the fifteenth century during Leonardo's time and a mini-biography of Alessandra Strozzi, whose letters to her exiled sons contain the evidence for her eventful life. |
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UNINA9910150492903321 |
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Autore |
Baum L. Frank |
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Sky Island |
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Musica |
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One day a young girl, Trot, encounters a strange young boy with a big umbrella. She learns his name is Button Bright and he uses this umbrella to go on long journeys. Trot's friend, Cap'n Bill, joins the two |
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children and they venture to a fantastical island, which they call Sky Island, as it is halfway in the sky. The island is split into two sides - the blue side and the pink side. They arrive first at the blue side - a dangerous and hostile place. The leader of the blue side, the Boolooroo of the Blues, is an evil man who punishes people by chopping them in half and sewing mismatched pieces back together. The Boolooroo captures Trot, Button, and Cap'n Bill and gives Trot as a slave to his daughters. The three eventually escape and make their way over to the pink side of the island, a much happier but still dangerous place. The laws of Sky Island insist that the visitors be thrown off the side of the island, and even the leader cannot save them. Trot, Button, and Cap'n Bill seem to be in an inescapable place of danger and they will need someone or something very powerful to save them from Sky Island. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." "Sky Island" is a sequel to Baum's "The Sea Fairies," a children's fantasy novel concerning the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill. |
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