A sudden terror [[electronic resource] ] : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / / Anthony F. D'Elia

• Autore: D'Elia Anthony F. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 945/.63205092
• Soggetto topico: Conspiracies - Italy - Rome - History - To 1500; Humanists - Italy - Rome; Papacy - History - 1447-1565; Humanism - Italy - Rome - History - To 1500; Renaissance - Italy - Rome
• Soggetto geografico: Rome (Italy) History 1420-1798
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Carnival to Lent -- 2. The Price of Magnificence -- 3. Lessons of Rebellions Past -- 4. A Pagan Renaissance: Sodomy and the Classical Tradition -- 5. Consorting with the Enemy: Mehmet II and the Ottoman Threat -- 6. The Emperor's Tomb -- 7. Humanism Imprisoned -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Select Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian Europeans and Muslim Turks.
• Titolo autorizzato: A sudden terror
• ISBN: 0-674-05372-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460177503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II