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A sudden terror : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / Anthony F. D'Elia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Elia, Anthony F., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conspiracies--Italy--Rome--History--To 1500.
- Conspiracies.
- Humanists--Italy--Rome--Biography.
- Humanists.
- Papacy--History--1447-1565.
- Papacy.
- Humanism--Italy--Rome--History--To 1500.
- Humanism.
- Renaissance--Italy--Rome.
- Renaissance.
- Rome (Italy)--History--1420-1798.
- Rome (Italy).
- Paul II, Pope, 1417-1471--Assassination attempt, 1468.
- Paul.
- Leto, Giulio Pomponio, 1428-1497.
- Leto, Giulio Pomponio.
- Platina, 1421-1481.
- Platina.
- Buonaccorsi, Filippo, 1437-1496.
- Buonaccorsi, Filippo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674053724
- 0674053729
- OCLC:
- 648759749
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