The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. The State as a Work of Art: 1. Introduction; 2. The tyranny of the fourteenth century; 3. The tyranny of the fifteenth century; 4. The petty tyrannies; 5. The greater dynasties; 6. The opponents of tyranny; 7. The republics: Venice and Florence; 8. Foreign policy of the Italian states; 9. War as a work of art; 10. The papacy and its dangers; Part II. The Development of the Individual: 1. The Italian state and the individual; 2. The perfecting of the individual; 3. The modern idea of fame; 4. Modern wit and satire; Part III. The Revival of Antiquity: 1. Introductory remarks; 2. Rome, the city of ruins; 3. The old authors; 4. Humanism in the fourteenth century; 5. The universities and schools; 6. The furtherers of humanism; 7. The reproduction of antiquity; 8. Latin treatises and history; 9. General Latinisation of culture; 10. Modern Latin poetry; 11. Fall of the humanists in the sixteenth century.