The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance: A SourcebookKenneth R. Bartlett The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance brings together a selection of primary source documents designed to introduce students to the richness of the period. For this edition, a new chapter on Dante and his time provides a useful transition to the Renaissance from the culture of the Middle Ages. There are also new selections on warfare, education, Florence, humanism, the Church, and the later Renaissance. The introductions to the readings are revised, and an essay on how to read historical documents is included. |
Contents
introduction to the italian renaissance | 1 |
dante and medieval italy | 13 |
petrarch | 25 |
florence in the renaissance | 39 |
Short Documents Illustrating Guild Political and Commercial Activity | 57 |
florentine neoplatonism and mysticism | 97 |
marriage the family and women | 111 |
art and architecture | 157 |
learning and education | 183 |
the church and the papacy | 199 |
life in renaissance italy | 231 |
the late italian renaissance | 265 |
Source Credits | 309 |
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