Renaissance Civic Humanism

Renaissance Civic Humanism
Author: James Hankins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521548076

The evolution of republican concepts compared to medieval and early modern traditions of political thought.

Machiavelli and Guicciardini

Machiavelli and Guicciardini
Author: Felix Gilbert
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 339
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393301236

In Felix Gilbert's skilled analysis, the figures of Niccolo Machiavelli, whose writing changed the way people think about politics, and Francesco Guicciardini, whose History of Italy is one of the first classics of modern historical writing, provide important clues to interpreting the Renaissance.

The Princely Courts of Europe

The Princely Courts of Europe
Author: John Adamson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Europe
ISBN: 9781841880976

In the period between the Renaissance and the French Revolution, European courts were the single most influential institutions anywhere. This guide shows how they functioned, how they interrelated, and why they were Europe's main cultural centres.