Maxims and Reflections of a Renaissance Statesman (Ricordi)
Author | : Francesco Guicciardini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Political science |
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Author | : Francesco Guicciardini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Political science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Francesco Guicciardini |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1972-01-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780812210378 |
Review: "Unlike Machiavelli-inveterate dreamer and cynic-Guicciardini's mind is remarkable for the balance and masterly coolness of its judgment."-Federico Chabod "In the history of Renaissance thought, Guicciardini's Ricordi occupy a place of singular importance. Few works of the sixteenth century allow us so penetrating an insight into the views and sentiments of its author as these reflections of the great Italian historian. . . . Like Machiavelli's Prince, the Ricordi form one of the outstanding documents of a time of crisis and transition; but unlike the Prince, they range over a wide field of private as well as public life. In doing so, they revel the man as well as the political theorist."-Nicolai Rubenstein, from the Introduction.
Author | : Francesco GUICCIARDINI (Historian.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Jeffries Martin |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780415260626 |
The Renaissance paradigm in crisis - Politics, language and power - Individualism, identity and gender - Art, science and humanism - Religion: tradition and innovation.
Author | : Niall Atkinson |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 2016-09-16 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0271077816 |
From the strictly regimented church bells to the freewheeling chatter of civic life, Renaissance Florence was a city built not just of stone but of sound as well. An evocative alternative to the dominant visual understanding of urban spaces, The Noisy Renaissance examines the premodern city as an acoustic phenomenon in which citizens used sound to navigate space and society. Analyzing a range of documentary and literary evidence, art and architectural historian Niall Atkinson creates an “acoustic topography” of Florence. The dissemination of official messages, the rhythm of prayer, and the murmur of rumor and gossip combined to form a soundscape that became a foundation in the creation and maintenance of the urban community just as much as the city’s physical buildings. Sound in this space triggered a wide variety of social behaviors and spatial relations: hierarchical, personal, communal, political, domestic, sexual, spiritual, and religious. By exploring these rarely studied soundscapes, Atkinson shows Florence to be both an exceptional and an exemplary case study of urban conditions in the early modern period.
Author | : Daniel Waley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2013-11-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317890175 |
From the divine right of kings to the political philosophies of writers such as Machiavelli, the medieval city-states to the unification of Spain, Daniel Waley and Peter Denley focus on the growing power of the state to illuminate changing political ideas in Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Spanning the entire continent and beyond, and using contemporary voices wherever possible, the authors include substantial sections on economics, religion, and art, and how developments in these areas fed into and were influenced by the transformation of political thinking. The new edition takes the narrative beyond the confines of western Europe with chapters on East Central Europe and the teutonic knights, and the Portuguese expansion across the Atlantic. The third edition of this classic introduction to the period includes even greater use of contemporary voices, full reading lists, and new chapters on East Central Europe and Portuguese exploration. Suitable as an introductory text for undergraduate courses in Medieval Studies and Medieval European History.
Author | : Lucian Ashworth |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317678257 |
International thought is the product of major political changes over the last few centuries, especially the development of the modern state and the industrialisation of the world economy. While the question of how to deal with strangers from other communities has been a constant throughout human history, it is only in recent centuries that the question of ‘foreign relations’ (and especially imperialism and war) have become a matter of urgency for all sectors of society throughout the world. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the evolution of Western international thought, and charts how this evolved into the predominantly Anglophone field of International Relations. Along the way several myths of the origins of International Relations are explored and exposed: the myth of the peace of Westphalia, the myths of Versailles and the nature of the League of Nations, the realist-idealist ‘Great Debate’ myth, and the myth of appeasement. Major approaches to the study of international affairs are discussed within their context and on their own terms, rather than being shoe-horned into anachronistic ‘paradigms’. Written in a clear and accessible style, Ashworth’s analysis reveals how historical myths have been used as gatekeeping devices, and how a critical re-evaluation of the history of international thought can affect how we see international affairs today.
Author | : Catherine Fletcher |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2012-06-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0230341519 |
Profiles the Italian diplomat who negotiated Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, discussing Gregorio Casali's kidnapping, bribery, and theft schemes and his role in the schism that led to the creation of the Church of England.
Author | : D. R. Woolf |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521780469 |
A study of writing, publishing and marketing history books in the early modern period.