wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence
ISBN: 9780195327106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable man who dominated the period, the charismatic Girolamo Savonarola.
Lauro Martines, whose decades of scholarship have made him one of the most admired historians of Renaissance Italy, here provides a remarkably fresh perspective on Savonarola, the preacher and agitator who flamed like a comet through late fifteenth-century Florence. The Dominican friar has long been portrayed as a dour,... A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of...
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134,51 zł |
Social World of Florentine Humanists, 1390-1460
ISBN: 9780691625263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A picture of representative humanists of the Quattrocento, based on manuscript material in the Florence state archives. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage... A picture of representative humanists of the Quattrocento, based on manuscript material in the Florence state archives. Originally published ... |
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301,46 zł |
Violence and Civil Disorder in Italian Cities, 1200-1500
ISBN: 9781597402088 / Angielski / Twarda / 1899 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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387,80 zł |
Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence
ISBN: 9780691622651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the political struggle provide the unifying theme in this analysis of the exercise of political power in Renaissance Florence. Professor Martines studies the actual techniques of government, the hidden legal and constitutional questions raised by everyday affairs, and the responses of individual lawyers to the pressures of politics. He shows precisely how Florentine lawyers, both republicans and oligarchs, viewed the state. An appendix lists and... Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the ... |
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383,67 zł |
Violence and Civil Disorder in Italian Cities, 1200-1500
ISBN: 9781597405164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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260,61 zł |
Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence
ISBN: 9780691649412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the political struggle provide the unifying theme in this analysis of the exercise of political power in Renaissance Florence. Professor Martines studies the actual techniques of government, the hidden legal and constitutional questions raised by everyday affairs, and the responses of individual lawyers to the pressures of politics. He shows precisely how Florentine lawyers, both republicans and oligarchs, viewed the state. An appendix lists and... Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the ... |
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1074,28 zł |
The Social World of the Florentine Humanists, 1390-1460
ISBN: 9781442611825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Lauro Martines' exhaustive search of manuscript material in the state archives of Florence is the basis for a fascinating portrayal of representative humanists of the period. The Social World of the Florentine Humanists explores the wealth, family tradition, civic prominence, and intellectual achievements of these individuals while assessing the attitudes of other Florentines towards them. Martines demonstrates that humanists tended to be wealthy educated men from important families, challenging long-held assumptions about the status of humanisits in that society. First... Lauro Martines' exhaustive search of manuscript material in the state archives of Florence is the basis for a fascinating portrayal of representati... |
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177,04 zł |
April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici
ISBN: 9780195176094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the vibrant--and violent--society of fifteenth-century Florence. His disturbing narrative opens up an entire culture, revealing the dark side of Renaissance man and politician Lorenzo de' Medici.
On a Sunday in April 1478, assassins attacked Lorenzo and his brother as they attended Mass in the cathedral of Florence. Lorenzo scrambled to safety as Giuliano bled to death on the cathedral floor. April Blood moves outward in time and space from that murderous event, unfolding a story of tangled passions, ambition,... One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the vibrant--and violent--society of fifteenth-century Florence. His di...
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138,03 zł |
An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context
ISBN: 9780802086501 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An Italian Renaissance Sextet is a collection of six tales offering a unique view of the history of Renaissance Italy, with fiction and fictional modes becoming gateways to a real, historical world. All written between 1400 and 1500 - among them a rare gem by Lorenzo the Magnificent and a famous account featuring Filippo Brunelleschi - the stories are presented here in lively translations. As engrossing, fresh, and high-spirited as those in Boccaccio's Decameron, the tales deal with marriage, deception, rural manners, gender relations, social ambitions, adultery,... An Italian Renaissance Sextet is a collection of six tales offering a unique view of the history of Renaissance Italy, with fiction and fict... |
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156,16 zł |
Social World of Florentine Humanists, 1390-1460
ISBN: 9780691651736 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A picture of representative humanists of the Quattrocento, based on manuscript material in the Florence state archives. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage... A picture of representative humanists of the Quattrocento, based on manuscript material in the Florence state archives. Originally published ... |
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1047,15 zł |
April Blood
ISBN: 9780712667876 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In April 1478, a plot to murder the two heads of the powerful Medici family miscarried dramatically in the cathedral of Florence. A bloodbath followed in reprisal. All Italy was affected as it emerged that the Pope, the King of Naples and the Duke of Urbino were deeply implicated in the plot.
In April 1478, a plot to murder the two heads of the powerful Medici family miscarried dramatically in the cathedral of Florence. A bloodbath followed...
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71,20 zł |