The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field (1818-1897)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Part I. The State As A Work Of Art

- Introduction

- Despots Of The Fourteenth Century

- Despots Of The Fifteenth Century

- The Smaller Despotisms

- The Greater Dynasties

- The Opponents Of The Despots

- The Republics - Venice And Florence

- Foreign Policy

- War As A Work Of Art

- The Papacy

- Patriotism

- Part Ii. The Development Of The Individual

- Personality

- Glory

- Ridicule And Wit

- Part Iii. The Revival Of Antiquity

- Introductory

- The Ruins Of Rome

- The Classics

- The Humanists

- Universities And Schools

- Propagators Of Antiquity

- Propagators Of Antiquity, Epistolography, Latin Orators

- The Treatise, And History In Latin

- Antiquity As The Common Source

- Neo-latin Poetry

- Fall Of The Humanists In The Sixteenth Century

- Part Iv. The Discovery Of The World And Of Man

- Journeys Of The Italians

- The Natural Sciences In Italy

- Discovery Of The Beauty Of Landscape

- Discovery Of Man

- Biography In The Middle Ages And In The Renaissance

- Description Of The Outward Man

- Description Of Human Life

- Part V. Society And Festivals

- Equality Of Classes

- Costumes And Fashions

- Language And Society

- Social Etiquette

- Education Of The Cortigiano

- Music

- Equality Of Men And Women

- Domestic Life

- Festivals

- Part Vi. Morality And Religion

- Morality And Judgement

- Morality And Immorality

- Religion In Daily Life

- Strength Of The Old Faith

- Religion And The Spirit Of The Renaissance

- Influence Of Ancient Superstition

- General Spirit Of Doubt