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Italy in the age of the Renaissance : 1300-1550 / edited by John M. Najemy.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Short Oxford history of Italy.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- The short Oxford history of Italy
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- Italy--Civilization--1268-1559.
- Italy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- New Ed
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This examination of Italy during one of the most crucial periods in the development of Western European culture will be of equal interest both to students and to lay readers.
- Contents:
- General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: Italy and the Renaissance; 1 Education and the emergence of a literate society; 2 Humanism and the lure of antiquity; 3 Religion and the Church; 4 Family and marriage: a socio-legal perspective; 5 Bodies, disease, and society; 6 The economy: work and wealth; 7 The popolo; 8 The power of the elites: family, patronage, and the state; 9 Governments and governance; 10 The South; 11 Representations of power; 12 Rethinking the Renaissance in the aftermath of Italy's crisis; Further reading; Chronology; Maps
- Index
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-295) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03139-8
- 1-282-32816-6
- 9786612328169
- 0-19-152484-0
- 1-4356-0685-X
- OCLC:
- 181099269
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