Renaissance 100

This interdisciplinary volume explores core emerging themes in the study of early modern literary-diplomatic relations, developing essential methods of analysis and theoretical approaches that will ……続きを見る

Se Cristoforo Colombo scoprì l'America, Amerigo Vespucci fu il primo a capire che si trattava di un nuovo mondo, dando i toni del mito alla straordinaria epopea della sua esplorazione. Merito che no……続きを見る

Una città come Mantova, protagonista di un romanzo lungo almeno venticinque secoli, non si finisce mai di conoscerla. Per cogliere qualcosa di quello che sulla città suggeriscono i “segni” della pia……続きを見る

Following the historical documents with a scholar accuracy, the author of this booklet tells an original history of Mantua, a small town which was the capital of a tiny state and one of the most sig……続きを見る

Le relazioni delle missioni diplomatiche, che gli ambasciatori veneziani erano tenuti a mettere per iscritto e leggere al senato, divennero già nel Cinquecento il classico di riferimento per tutti i……続きを見る

Il breve saggio è costituito da una serie di note dal convegno di studi svoltosi nel 2010 a Sabbioneta, la città fondata e progettata secondo i canoni della città ideale rinascimentale da Vespasiano……続きを見る

Il libro offre una raccolta di testimonianze dirette dell'epoca su inganni perpetrati agli amati, su sentimenti piegati dalla ragion di stato alla convenienza politica, su stragi dettate dalla gelos……続きを見る

La parabola di Mantova, oggi borgo con il rango di capoluogo di provincia, già capitale di un piccolo stato sovrano protagonista sullo scenario internazionale rinascimentale, che durante la prima me……続きを見る

“Demonstrates an awesome command of the vast Galileo literature . . . [Wootton] excels in boldly speculating about Galileo’s motives” (The New York Times Book Review). Tackling Galileo as astronomer……続きを見る

European states were overwhelmed with information around 1500. Their agents sought to organize their overflowing archives to provide trustworthy evidence and comprehensive knowledge that was useful ……続きを見る

Questo breve trattato è considerato da alcuni studiosi uno dei testi più significativi del pensiero italiano del Quattrocento, paragonato addirittura alla Repubblica di Platone. In esso il Savonarol……続きを見る

The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was started in the year 1558 at the age of 58 and ended abruptly just before his last trip to Pisa around the year 1563 when Cellini was approximately 63 years……続きを見る

In Europe and North and South America during the early modern period, people believed that their dreams might be, variously, messages from God, the machinations of demons, visits from the dead, or v……続きを見る

'A gripping tale of royal feuds and divided kingdoms' - AMANDA FOREMAN Paris, 1572. Catherine de' Medici, the infamous queen mother of France, is a consummate pragmatist and powerbroker who has domi……続きを見る

Florence in the Early Modern World offers new perspectives on this important city by exploring the broader global context of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, within which the experience of Flo……続きを見る

By the early eighteenth century, the rapid expansion of the British empire had created a technological problem: communication and networking became increasingly vital yet harder to maintain. As colo……続きを見る

In recent decades, scholars have vigorously revised Jacob Burckhardt's notion that the free, untrammeled, and essentially modern Western individual emerged in Renaissance Italy. Douglas Biow does no……続きを見る

A Boccaccian Renaissance brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars in diverse national traditions to respond to the largely unaddressed question of Boccaccio’s impact on ……続きを見る

Originally published in English in 1986, this book offers a concise summary of the contribution Fritz Fischer and his school made to German historiography in the 20th century and in particular draws……続きを見る

Originally published in 1957, this study shows what the various sections of the Germans of every rank and class were thinking of the ruling men, how far they supported or opposed them, what were the……続きを見る

When originally published in 1982 this was the first biography of Maximilian I to appear in English for half a century. It assesses a man who was Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the modern Austrian s……続きを見る

Originally published in 1962, the second volume of how the psychological structure of German politics evolved deals with the age of monarchical absolutism and intellectual enlightenment, i.e. the la……続きを見る

When originally published in 1945 this book was the first to give a detailed account, based largely upon original sources, of the ‘Scheldt Question’ from its medieval origins to the settlement of 18……続きを見る

First published in English in 1958, this book charts the history of the small states which emerged in Germany from the chaos of the Thirty Years War. A period which has been neglected by English his……続きを見る

This ground-breaking book provides the first study of naval ideology, defined as the mass of cultural ideas and shared perspectives that, for early modern states and belief systems, justified the cr……続きを見る

Originally published in 1975, this volume covers the period from the age of Napoleon to the dismissal of Bismarck – a period of national liberation, of revolution, the development of political movem……続きを見る

Originally published in 1981 and comprising research and interpretation from American, German and British scholars deals with many of the most salient facets of the Weimar period, including the revo……続きを見る

The 5th edition of this classic book was originally published in 1955, and includes contributions from well-known authors on history, politics, literature, art, architecture and philosophy. The idea……続きを見る

Originally published in 1930 this book discusses the critical moments in German history, with a view to surveying the development of the German nation and an attempt to understand the events of the ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984 this volume presents the first systematic analysis of the cultural sources of the Pan German League’s appeal and influence in Imperial Germany. It focuses on the symboli……続きを見る