Living on the Edge in Leonardo’s Florence: Selected EssaysUniversity of California Press, 14.3.2005 - 237 sivua In Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence, an internationally renowned master of the historian's craft provides a splendid overview of Italian history from the Black Death to the rise of the Medici in 1434 and beyond into the early modern period. Gene Brucker explores those pivotal years in Florence and ranges over northern Italy, with forays into the histories of Genoa, Milan, and Venice. The ten essays, three of which have never before been published, exhibit Brucker's graceful intelligence, his command of the archival sources, and his ability to make history accessible to anyone interested in this place and period. Whether he is writing about a case in the criminal archives, about a citation from Machiavelli, or the concept of modernity, the result is the same: Brucker brings the pulse of the period alive. Five of these essays explore themes in the premodern period and delve into Italy's political, social, economic, religious, and cultural development. Among these pieces is a lucid, synoptic view of the Italian Renaissance. The last five essays focus more narrowly on Florentine topics, including a fascinating look at the dangers and anxieties that threatened Florence in the fifteenth century during Leonardo's time and a mini-biography of Alessandra Strozzi, whose letters to her exiled sons contain the evidence for her eventful life. |
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... ix Permissions xi Introduction xv 1. The Italian Renaissance 1 2. Civic Traditions in Premodern Italy 22 3. From Campanilismo to Nationhood: Forging an Italian Identity 42 4. " The Horseshoe Nail " : Structure and Contingency Contents.
... ix Permissions xi Introduction xv 1. The Italian Renaissance 1 2. Civic Traditions in Premodern Italy 22 3. From Campanilismo to Nationhood: Forging an Italian Identity 42 4. " The Horseshoe Nail " : Structure and Contingency Contents.
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Selected Essays Gene Brucker. 4. " The Horseshoe Nail " : Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy 62 5. Fede and Fiducia : The Problem of Trust in Italian History , 1300-1500 83 6. Florence Redux 104 7. Living on the ...
Selected Essays Gene Brucker. 4. " The Horseshoe Nail " : Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy 62 5. Fede and Fiducia : The Problem of Trust in Italian History , 1300-1500 83 6. Florence Redux 104 7. Living on the ...
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... Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy” was first published in Renaissance Quarterly 54 (2001): 1–9. It is reprinted here with the permission of the direc- tor of the Renaissance Society of America. “Florence Redux ...
... Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy” was first published in Renaissance Quarterly 54 (2001): 1–9. It is reprinted here with the permission of the direc- tor of the Renaissance Society of America. “Florence Redux ...
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... structure, and those remarkable qualities that enabled the British people to survive the German assaults by air and sea in the early 1940s. My antipathy toward England as the oppressors of Americans during the Revolutionary War melted ...
... structure, and those remarkable qualities that enabled the British people to survive the German assaults by air and sea in the early 1940s. My antipathy toward England as the oppressors of Americans during the Revolutionary War melted ...
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... structures of their own society ; they for- mulate generalizations which they propose as laws where laws are inap- propriate ; they reify abstractions in misleading ways . ' " 17 In my opinion , there are only two valid historical ...
... structures of their own society ; they for- mulate generalizations which they propose as laws where laws are inap- propriate ; they reify abstractions in misleading ways . ' " 17 In my opinion , there are only two valid historical ...
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1 The Italian Renaissance | 1 |
2 Civic Traditions in Premodern Italy | 22 |
Forging an Italian Identity | 42 |
Structure and Contingency in Medieval and Renaissance Italy | 62 |
The Problem of Trust in Italian History 13001500 | 83 |
6 Florence Redux | 104 |
7 Living on the Edge in Leonardos Florence | 114 |
8 Florentine Cathedral Chaplains in the Fifteenth Century | 128 |
9 The Pope the Pandolfini and the Parrochiani of S Martino a Gangalandi 1465 | 143 |
The Eventful Life of a Florentine Matron | 151 |
Notes | 169 |
Index | 195 |
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