The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy 2 Volume Set
The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy 2 Volume Set
S. G. C. Middlemore
$92.99
USDOn several journeys to Italy in the mid-nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt (1818–97) saw in the figures and events of the Italian Renaissance certain traits that he believed to be mirrored in the politics of his own day, notably some aspects of 'an unbridled egoism, outraging every right, and killing every germ of a healthier culture'. Revolutionary in his all-encompassing and unflinching examination of the Italian Renaissance, Burckhardt saw developments in statecraft and war as giving rise to the more publicised artistic progress of the era. First published in 1860, this work is considered to be his magnum opus on the subject, and is here reissued in the accessible two-volume English translation of 1878 by S. G. C. Middlemore. Volume 1 considers the state as a work of art, the development of the individual, and the revival of antiquity in education and philosophy. Volume 2 considers scientific discoveries, changes in society and festivals, and developments in morality and religion.
Product details
December 2014Multiple copy pack
9781108079938
816 pages
233 × 143 × 45 mm
7.5kg
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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.
