The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy
2 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: Part IV. The Discovery of the World and of Man:
1. Journeys of the Italians
2. Natural science in Italy
3. The discovery of natural beauty
4. The discovery of man
5. Biography
6. The description of nations and cities
7. Description of the outward man
8. Descriptions of life in movement
Part V. Society and Festivals:
1. The equalisation of class
2. Outward refinement of life
3. Language as the basis of social intercourse
4. The higher forms of society
5. The perfect man of society
6. The position of women
7. Domestic economy
8. The festivals
Part VI. Morality and Religion:
1. Morality
2. Religion in daily life
3. Religion and the spirit of the Renaissance
4. Mixture of ancient and modern superstitions
5. General disintegration of belief.