The beauty and the terror : the Italian renaissance and the rise of the west
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- ISBN: 9780190908492 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
419 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in the UK by The Bodley Head in 2020"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : 1492 -- The fifteenth century -- Beyond the Alps -- 1494: The French descent -- The Borgias vs Savonarola -- The art of war -- Soldiers and society -- Wars for the New World -- Popes, princes and republics -- The run-up to the Reformation -- The League of Cambrai -- Women and power -- The ghetto and the politics of Venice -- The battle for the Church -- The High Renaissance -- From Pavia to Mohács -- Wars of Words -- The invention of pornography -- The sack of Rome -- Courtiers and the art of power in Italy and beyond -- The empire at war -- Weapons of war -- The Council of Trent -- Art, science and reform -- The peace of Cateau-Cambrésis -- The index and the Inquisition -- The Battle of Lepanto -- Epilogue : From hard power to soft. |
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Subject: | Italy -- History -- 16th century Italy -- History -- 15th century Renaissance -- Italy |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Thompson Campus Library | DG 540 .F55 2020 (Text) | 58500000809996 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |