{"product_id":"the-civilization-of-the-italian-renaissance-a-sourcebook-second-edition-paperback-softback-9781442604858","title":"The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance; A Sourcebook, Second Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442604858","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Civilization of the Italian Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Sourcebook, Second Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKenneth R. Bartlett (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442604858\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Civilization of the Italian Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e 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 The introductions to the readings are revised, and an essay on how to read historical documents is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the Second Edition \u003cbr\u003e  Preface to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003e  How to Read a Historical Document\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  1.Introduction to the Italian Renaissance \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction: The Renaissance \u003cbr\u003e  The Classical Heritage\u003cbr\u003e  Quintilian: \u003ci\u003eOn the Early Education of the Citizen-Orator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Cicero: \u003ci\u003eThe Orator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrutus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn Duties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  2. Dante and Medieval Italy \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction \u003cbr\u003e  Dante's Contemporaries \u003cbr\u003e  Brunetto Latini: Proem to the \u003ci\u003eTesoretto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Rustico di Filippo: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eOn the Illness of a Little Girl\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003ePortrait of Messerino de'Caponsacchi\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Guido Cavalcanti: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eTo Dante\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Cino da Pistoia: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eTo Dante, on the Death of Beatrice\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Dante Alighieri: \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, Canto I, Canto V\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e, Canto XV, Canto XVI\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  3. Petrarch \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eLetter to Posterity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent of Mount Ventoux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter to the Shade of Cicero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn His Own Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  4. Florence in the Renaissance \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Giovanni Villani: Selections from \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Giovanni Villani\u003c\/i\u003e: Villani Writes His \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Rebuilding of Florence after 1293\u003cbr\u003e The Black Death\u003cbr\u003e Fire\u003cbr\u003e Famine\u003cbr\u003e Flood\u003cbr\u003e Plague\u003cbr\u003e Flagellants\u003cbr\u003e The City\u003cbr\u003e  Giovanni Boccaccio: A Description of the Plague from the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Selections from \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e: Proem\u003cbr\u003e Family Cares, Honors, and Exile of Dante\u003cbr\u003e Rebuke of the Florentines\u003cbr\u003e  Short Documents Illustrating Guild, Political, and Commercial Activity\u003cbr\u003e  Guelfs and Ghibellines, 1347\u003cbr\u003e  The Aftermath of the \u003ci\u003eCiompi\u003c\/i\u003e Revolt: A Community in Disorder, 1382\u003cbr\u003e  The Decline of the Guelf Party, 1413\u003cbr\u003e  Guild Corporations: Wine Merchants \u003cbr\u003e  Guild Philanthropy \u003cbr\u003e  The \u003ci\u003eCatasto\u003c\/i\u003e of 1427: The Declaration of Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sculptor\u003cbr\u003e  Benedetto Dei: \u003ci\u003eLetter to a Venetian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Leonardo Bruni: \u003ci\u003eThe Events\u003c\/i\u003e of 1292-93\u003cbr\u003e Speech of Giano della Bella\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  5. Humanism \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Coluccio Salutati: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Peregrino Zambeccari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Vespasiano da Bisticci: From Vespasiano's \u003ci\u003eLives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poggio Bracciolini\u003cbr\u003e Niccolò Niccoli \u003cbr\u003e  Lorenzo Valla: \u003ci\u003eThe Glory of the Latin Language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Leonardo Bruni: \u003ci\u003eHistory of Florence: The Struggle against the Visconti\u003c\/i\u003e, From Book Twelve\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Isotta Nogarola: \u003ci\u003eOf the Equal or Unequal Sin of Adam and Eve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  6. Florentine Neoplatonism and Mysticism \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Marsilio Ficino: \u003ci\u003eCommentary on Plato's Symposium on Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the Two Origins of Love and the Double Venus\u003cbr\u003e On the Painting of Love\u003cbr\u003e How the Soul Is Raised from the Beauty of the Body to the Beauty of God\u003cbr\u003e How God Is to Be Loved \u003cbr\u003e  Selections from His Letters: On Law and Justice\u003cbr\u003e On the Duty of a Citizen\u003cbr\u003e The Astonishing Glories of Lorenzo de'Medici\u003cbr\u003e  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: \u003ci\u003eOration on the Dignity of Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Angelo Poliziano: Selections from \u003ci\u003eStanzas on the Occasion of the Jousts of Giuliano de'Medici\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  7. Marriage, the Family, and Women \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Francesco Barbaro: Selections from \u003ci\u003eOn Wifely Duties\u003c\/i\u003e: On the Faculty of Obedience\u003cbr\u003e On Love\u003cbr\u003e On Moderation\u003cbr\u003e On the Education of Children\u003cbr\u003e  Leon Battista Alberti: \u003ci\u003eThe Family in Renaissance Florence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Marriage and the Family in Renaissance Florence\u003cbr\u003e  The Marriages of Gregorio Dati\u003cbr\u003e  Two Marriages in the Valori Family, 1452 and 1476\u003cbr\u003e  Marriage Negotiations: The Del Bene, 1381\u003cbr\u003e  Marriage Neotiations: The Strozzi, 1464-65 \u003cbr\u003e  Illegitimacy and Marriage, 1355\u003cbr\u003e  A Broken Marriage, 1377\u003cbr\u003e  The Children of Gregorio Dati, 1404\u003cbr\u003e  Niccolo Machiavelli: Selections from \u003ci\u003eMandragola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Baldassare Castiglione: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Courtier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Laura Cereta: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Augustinius Aemilius: Curse against the Ornamentation of Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Documents Illustrating the Lives of Poor and Marginal Women in Renaissance Florence\u003cbr\u003e  The Establishment of Communal Brothels, 1415\u003cbr\u003e  Profits of Prostitution, 1427 and 1433\u003cbr\u003e  Prostitutes and the Courts, 1398-1400 \u003cbr\u003e  The Recruitment of Prostitutes, 1379\u003cbr\u003e  A Panderer's Career\u003cbr\u003e  The Story of the Servant Girl Nencia\u003cbr\u003e  The Tribulations of a Slave Girl\u003cbr\u003e  A Witch's Career\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  8. Art and Architecture \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Filippo Brunelleschi\u003cbr\u003e  Mariano Taccola: \u003ci\u003eA Speech by Brunelleschi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Competition for the Baptistry Doors \u003cbr\u003e  Lorenzo Ghiberti \u003cbr\u003e  Antonio Manetti \u003cbr\u003e  Girogio Vasari \u003cbr\u003e  Il Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto): \u003ci\u003eContract of Pinturicchio with Cardinal Francesco de'Todeschini-Piccolomini for Decorating the Library in Siena Cathedral, 29 June 1502\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Isabella d'Este \u003cbr\u003e  Pietro Vanucci Perugino: \u003ci\u003eInstructions of Isabella d'Este to Perugino\u003c\/i\u003e, 19 January 1503\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter of Perugino to Isabella d'Este\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 December 1503\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter of Isabella d'Este to Perugino\u003c\/i\u003e, 12 January 1504\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter of Perugino to Isabella d'Este\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 January 1504\u003cbr\u003e  Leon Battista Alberti: \u003ci\u003eOn Painting and on Sculpture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e On Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Leonardo da Vinci: Selections from the \u003ci\u003eNotebooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  9. Learning and Education \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Pietro Paolo Vergerio: \u003ci\u003eConcerning Liberal Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Leonardo Bruni: \u003ci\u003eA Letter to Battista Malatesta on the Study of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Battista Guarino: \u003ci\u003eOn the Means of Teaching and Learning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Coluccio Salutati: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Caterina di Messer Vieri di Donatino d'Arezzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Laura Cereta: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Bibulus Sempronius: A Defense of the Liberal Instruction of Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter to Lucilia Vernacular: Against Women Who Disparage Learned Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  10. The Church and the Papacy \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pius II): \u003ci\u003eThe Election of Pope Pius II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Lorenzo Valla: \u003ci\u003eThe Principal Arguments from the Falsely-Believed and Forged Donation of Constantine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Roderigo Borgia (Alexander VI): Selections from \u003ci\u003ePope Alexander VI and His Court\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Accession of Alexander VI\u003cbr\u003e The Year of the Jubilee\u003cbr\u003e The Death and Funeral of Alexander\u003cbr\u003e  Girolamo Savonarola: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eO Soul, By Sin Made Blind\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Preacher of Reform \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Selections from a Draft Constitution for Florence\u003cbr\u003e  Francesco Guicciardini: \u003ci\u003eSavonarola, a Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Antonio Alamanni: \u003ci\u003eCarnival Song: \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Triumph of Death\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Gregorio Dati: Individual Piety: Selections from the \u003ci\u003eRicordanze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Michelangelo Buonarroti: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eLove's Justification\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eTo Vittoria Colonna: The Model and the Statue\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  11. Life in Renaissance Italy \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  The Elite\u003cbr\u003e  Pietro Aretino: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Messer Giannantonio Da Foligno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter to Messer Domenico Bollani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter to Messer Simone Bianco\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Michelangelo Buonarroti: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Tommaso Cavalieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Niccolo Machiavelli: \u003ci\u003eLetter to Francesco Vettori\u003c\/i\u003e (1513)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetter to Francesco Vettori\u003c\/i\u003e (1514)\u003cbr\u003e  Lorenzo de'Medici: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eSong for Dance\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eSong of Girls and of Cicadas\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Francesco Guicciardini: \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of Lorenzo de'Medici\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Johannes Burchardus: \u003ci\u003eLife in Papal Rome During the Reign of Alexander VI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Giovanni Boccaccio: \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Andreuccio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Poor \u003cbr\u003e  Pensions for Retired Employees, 1395\u003cbr\u003e  Plague, Famine, and Civil Disorder\u003cbr\u003e  Appeal for Tax Relief, 1369\u003cbr\u003e  Justice for the Poor, 1367\u003cbr\u003e  The Condemnation of a Labor Organizer, 1345\u003cbr\u003e  The Demands of the \u003ci\u003eCiompi\u003c\/i\u003e, 1378\u003cbr\u003e  Warfare\u003cbr\u003e  Alessandro Benedetti: \u003ci\u003eDiary of the Caroline War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Francesco Guicciardini: \u003ci\u003eThe Formidable French Artillery and Troops Compared with the Italian Forces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharacter of Prospero Colonna\u003cbr\u003e Changes in the Nature of Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  12. The Late Italian Renaissance \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Francesco Guicciardini: Selections from \u003ci\u003eMaxims and Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Giovanni Della Casa: Selections from \u003ci\u003eGalateo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Giorgio Vasari: Selections from \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of the Artists\u003c\/i\u003e: The Life of Raphael of Urbino, Painter and Architect, 1483-1520\u003cbr\u003e The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine Painter, Sculptor, and Architect, 1475-1564\u003cbr\u003e  Benvenuto Cellini: Selections from \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Girolamo Cardano: \u003ci\u003eOn Himself and His Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Source Credits \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681250898200,"sku":"9781442604858","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-civilization-of-the-italian-renaissance-a-sourcebook-second-edition-paperback-softback-9781442604858","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}