LEADER 04088nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910450338003321 005 20210618031344.0 010 $a1-282-35748-4 010 $a0-520-93099-1 010 $a9786612357480 010 $a1-59734-720-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520930995 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030748 035 $a(EBL)227308 035 $a(OCoLC)475933684 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193517 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193517 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10217732 035 $a(PQKB)10910057 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056018 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227308 035 $a(OCoLC)57516712 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30471 035 $a(DE-B1597)519309 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520930995 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227308 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10074091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235748 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030748 100 $a20040729d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving on the edge in Leonardo's Florence$b[electronic resource] $eselected essays /$fGene Brucker 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24134-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Maps --$tAcknowledgments --$tPermissions --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Italian Renaissance --$t2. Civic Traditions in Premodern Italy --$t3. From Campanilismo to Nationhood: Forging an Italian Identity --$t4. "The Horseshoe Nail": Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy --$t5. Fede and Fiducia: The Problem of Trust in Italian History, 1300-1500 --$t6. Florence Redux --$t7. Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence --$t8. Florentine Cathedral Chaplains in the Fifteenth Century --$t9. The Pope, the Pandolfini, and the Parrochiani of S. Martino a Gangalandi (1465) --$t10. Alessandra Strozzi (1408-1471): The Eventful Life of a Florentine Matron --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence, an internationally renowned master of the historian's craft provides a splendid overview 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. 606 $aRenaissance$zItaly$zFlorence 607 $aFlorence (Italy)$xHistory$y1421-1737 607 $aFlorence (Italy)$xHistory$yTo 1421 607 $aItaly$xHistory$y1268-1492 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRenaissance 676 $a945/.5105 700 $aBrucker$b Gene A$0199247 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450338003321 996 $aLiving on the edge in Leonardo's Florence$92451010 997 $aUNINA