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Title: The History of Italy by Francesco Guicciardini, Sidney Alexander ISBN: 0-691-00800-0 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Italian history for the serious reader
Comment: An exceptional account of Italian Renaissance history by a prolific contemporary of that time. It covers a short time period: 1490-1534, which is filled with political upheaval. For good reason, this is considered a classic. Guicciardini is an intriguing source, having held high military and civil offices. In addition to his informative and clear style, he gives valuable insight into the political climate of these years.
The translator, Sidney Alexander, not only provides a very readable version, but enriches this edition with a helpful introduction and notes, revealing much about Guicciardini and his account.
Although, not a light read, it is not tedious, and definitely worthwhile for the serious reader.
Rating: 4
Summary: The High Renaissance And You Are There
Comment: This is an extraordinary book, on many levels. It is a concise abridgement of a much longer work and a fine, readable translation of the original 16th century Italian. More importantly, the substance is priceless. This is nothing less than a guided tour of the amazing events of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, from a clear-eyed, surprisingly objective reporter who knows whereof he speaks. Guicciardini was, among other things, Machiavelli's assistant and an adviser to popes. Writing from the vantage point of his personal observation of the events of his lifetime, he discusses: the Medici, the building of the dome of St. Peter's for the jubilee of 1500, the related sale of indulgences, the ensuing "Lutheran heresy," the discovery of the new world, Henry VIII's divorce and the ensuing separation of the Church of England, and the arrival of syphillis in Europe, among other topics. Be warned that it is dense material, but it is worth the effort.
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Title: Marsiglio of Padua: 'Defensor minor' and 'De translatione imperii' by Marsiglio of Padua, Cary J. Nederman ISBN: 0521408466 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Women, Family and Ritual in Renaissance Italy by Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Lydia G. Cochrane, David Herlihy ISBN: 0226439267 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: August, 1987 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Giovanni and Lusanna : Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence by Gene Adam Brucker ISBN: 0520063287 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Italian City Republics (3rd Edition) by Daniel Philip Waley ISBN: 0582553881 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1989 List Price(USD): $47.00 |
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Title: The Family in Renaissance Florence: Book Three/I Libri Della Famiglia by Leon Battista Alberti, Renee Neu Watkins, Renee Neu Watkins ISBN: 0881338214 Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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