The defeat of a Renaissance intellectual : selected writings of Francesco Guicciardini / by Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the limits of self-interest -- To himself -- Report on Spain -- How to ensure the state for the house of the Medici -- On the use of force -- On suicide for political reasons -- On progressive taxation : the scaled tenth -- Report on the defense of Parma -- Letter to Francesco Maria della Rovere -- Consolation -- Accusation -- Defense against the preceding -- Savonarolian excerpts (selections) -- Response on behalf of the Duke to the complaints of the exiles.…”
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The defeat of a Renaissance intellectual : selected writings of Francesco Guicciardini / by Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the limits of self-interest -- To himself -- Report on Spain -- How to ensure the state for the house of the Medici -- On the use of force -- On suicide for political reasons -- On progressive taxation : the scaled tenth -- Report on the defense of Parma -- Letter to Francesco Maria della Rovere -- Consolation -- Accusation -- Defense against the preceding -- Savonarolian excerpts (selections) -- Response on behalf of the Duke to the complaints of the exiles.…”
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Conflitti, paci e vendette nell'Italia comunale /

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Art in Renaissance Italy / by Paoletti, John T.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Art in Context -- PART 1: The Late Thirteenth and the Fourteenth Century -- The Origins of the Resistance -- Rome: Artists, Popes, and Cardinals -- Assisi and Padua: Narrative Realism -- Florence: Traditions and Innovations -- Siena: City of the Virgin -- Naples: Art for a Royal Kingdom -- Venice: The Most Serene Republic -- Pisa and Florence: Social Upheaval -- Visconti Milan and Carrara Padua -- PART 2: The Fifteenth Century -- Florence: Commune and Guild -- Florence: The Medici and Political Propaganda -- Rome: Re-establishing Papal Power -- Venice: Affirming the Past and Present -- Courtly Art: The Gothic and Classic -- Sforza Milan: Ducal Splendor -- PART 3: The First Half of the Sixteenth Century -- Florence: The Renewed Republic -- Rome: Julius II, Leo X, and Clement VII -- Florence: Mannerism and the Medici -- Mantua, Parma, and Genoa: The Arts at Court -- Venice: Vision and Monumentality -- PART 4: The Latter Sixteenth Century -- The Rome of Paul II -- Northern Italy: Reform and Innovation -- Florence under Cosimo I -- Rome: A European Capital City…”