A sudden terror : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / / Anthony F. D'Elia
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| Autore: |
D'Elia Anthony F. <1967->
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| Titolo: |
A sudden terror : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / / Anthony F. D'Elia
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| 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 |
| 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: | 9780674053724 |
| 0674053729 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910966523203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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