A Short History of the Italian Renaissance

Kenneth R. Bartlett (Author)

9781442600140

Paperback / softback, published 17 July 2013

402 pages
25.4 x 20.4 x 2.2 cm, 1.09 kg

The range of subjects treated in the book is impressive, and gives a broad audience an idea of the vastness of aspects of the Italian Renaissance. - European Review of History

Award-winning lecturer Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this beautifully illustrated overview. In his introductory Note to the Reader, Bartlett first explains why he chose Jacob Burckhardt's classic narrative to guide students through the complex history of the Renaissance and then provides his own contemporary interpretation of that narrative. Over seventy color illustrations, genealogies of important Renaissance families, eight maps, a list of popes, a timeline of events, a bibliography, and an index are included.

List of Figures
List of Maps and Table
List of Genealogies
Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader
A Timeline of the Italian Renaissance
Popes Following the Great Schism

1. Defining the Renaissance

2. Before the Renaissance

3. Social Continuities

4. Petrarch

5. Humanism

6. The Republic of Florence

7. Rome and the Papacy

8. The Maritime States: Pisa, Genoa, and Venice

9. The Principalities

10. Renaissance Neo-Platonism

11. The Age of Crisis

12. Medici Popes and Princes

13. The Counsel of Experience in Changing Times

14. Art and Architecture

15. The End of the Renaissance in Italy

Conclusion
Bibliography
Sources
Index