Italy in the Age of Dante and Petrarch, 1216-1380
Author: John Larner
Publisher: London ; New York : Longman
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Larner
Publisher: London ; New York : Longman
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John M. Najemy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-11-11
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0198700393
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The twelve essays in this volume present an introduction to Italian Renaissance society, intellectual history, and politics" -- provided by publisher.
Author: Marc A. Cirigliano
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1905886829
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With 52 poets who wrote between 1160 and 1560, Melancolia poetica brings contemporary English readers into the breadth and depth of the literary consciousness of the vibrant, worldly and imaginative realm of the Italian late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Author: David Ditchburn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1134806922
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covering the period from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the beginnings of the Renaissance, this is an indispensable volume which brings the complex and colourful history of the Middle Ages to life. Key features: * geographical coverage extends to the broadest definition of Europe from the Atlantic coast to the Russian steppes * each map approaches a separate issue or series of events in Medieval history, whilst a commentary locates it in its broader context * as a body, the maps provide a vivid representation of the development of nations, peoples and social structures. With over 140 maps, expert commentaries and an extensive bibliography, this is the essential reference for those who are striving to understand the fundamental issues of this period.
Author: Jeff Diamond
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017-06-21
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1498548903
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study examines the ways in which intellectuals of the Renaissance period sought to win the patronage of the powerful while maintaining independence. It analyzes the ethical dilemmas involved and how these were reflected in the lives and writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Michel de Montaigne.
Author: David M Nicholas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-17
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 131788549X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first part of David Nicholas's massive two-volume study of the medieval city, this book is a major achievement in its own right. (It is also fully self-sufficient, though many readers will want to use it with its equally impressive sequel which is being published simultaneously.) In it, Professor Nicholas traces the slow regeneration of urban life in the early medieval period, showing where and how an urban tradition had survived from late antiquity, and when and why new urban communities began to form where there was no such continuity. He charts the different types and functions of the medieval city, its interdependence with the surrounding countryside, and its often fraught relations with secular authority. The book ends with the critical changes of the late thirteenth century that established an urban network that was strong enough to survive the plagues, famines and wars of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Author: George Holmes
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated History
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780192854353
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'The individual chapters are scholarly and up to the minute, without loss of accessibility or pace. The illustrations are many, apposite and refreshingly unhackneyed.' -Times Literary Supplement
Author: John France
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-09-16
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1000159205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1095 the First Crusade was launched, establishing a great military endeavour which was a central preoccupation of Europeans until the end of the thirteenth century. In Western warfare in the age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 John France offers a wide-ranging and challenging survey of war and warfare and its place in the development of European Society, culture and economy in the period of the Crusades. Placing the crusades in a wider context, this book brings together the wealth of recent scholarly research on such issues as knighthood, siege warfare, chivalry and fortifications into an accessible form. Western warfare in the age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 examines the nature of war in the period 1000-1300 and argues that it was primarily shaped by the people who conducted war - the landowners. John France illuminates the role of property concerns in producing the characteristic instruments of war: the castle and the knight. This authoritative study details the way in which war was fought and the reasons for it as well as reflecting on the society which produced the crusades.