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  • John Florio

    A Worlde of Wordes

    by Hermann W. Haller ...
    A Worlde of Wordes, the first-ever comprehensive Italian-English dictionary, was published in 1598 by John Florio. One of the most prominent linguists and educators in Elizabethan England, Florio was greatly responsible for the spreading of Italian letters and culture throughout educated English society. Especially important was Florio’s dictionary, which – thanks to its exuberant wealth of ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • The Posilecheata

    A Day Trip to Posillipo

    by Pompeo Sarnelli ...
    Translated by Hermann W Haller ...
    The Posilecheata is a small jewel with an optimistic vision of humanity created by the young polygraph Pompeo Sarnelli, alias Masillo Reppone de Gnanopoli. Together with Basile's masterpiece, which was its source of inspiration, it stands out as one of the very few narrative prose texts in Italy's literary dialect canon. The five fairy tales exude the author's imagination and fantasy, passion for ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici

    by Christopher Hibbert ...
    At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family’s huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Borgias

    The Hidden History

    by G. J. Meyer ...
    An unprecedented portrait of the Renaissance-era Borgia family and their storied milieu, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tudors“A vivid and at times startling reappraisal of one of the most notorious dynasties in history . . . If you thought you knew the Borgias, this book will surprise you.”—Tracy Borman, author of Queen of the Conqueror and Elizabeth’s Women“Fascinating . . . a ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Professor of Secrets

    Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy

    by William Eamon ...
    In the tradition of Galileo's Daughter and Brunelleschi's Dome, this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance—in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy—through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional doctor. Fioravanti's marvelous cures and talent for self-aggrandizement earned him the adoration of ... Read more

    $17.95 CAD

  • The Medici

    by Paul Strathern ...
    Series series Italian Histories
    A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Sudden Terror

    the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome

    by Anthony F. D'Elia ...
    D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian Europeans and Muslim Turks. ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Printing a Mediterranean World

    Florence, Constantinople, and the Renaissance of Geography

    by Sean Roberts ...
    Series Book 7 - I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
    In 1482, the Florentine humanist and statesman Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over one hundred folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse, inspired by the ancient Greek geography of Ptolemy. The poem, divided into seven books (one for each day of the week the author “travels” the known world), is interleaved with lavishly engraved maps to accompany readers on ... Read more

    $72.19 CAD

  • Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance

    by Carolyn Springer ...
    During the Italian Wars of 1494 to 1559, with innovations in military technology and tactics, armour began to disappear from the battlefield. Yet as field armour was retired, parade and ceremonial armour grew increasingly flamboyant. Displaced from its utilitarian function of defense but retained for symbolic uses, armour evolved in a new direction as a medium of artistic expression.Luxury armour ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Absolutism in Renaissance Milan

    Plenitude of Power under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535

    by Jane Black ...
    Absolutism in Renaissance Milan shows how authority above the law, once the preserve of pope and emperor, was claimed by the ruling Milanese dynasties, the Visconti and the Sforza, and why this privilege was finally abandoned by Francesco II Sforza (d. 1535), the last duke. As new rulers, the Visconti and the Sforza had had to impose their regime by rewarding supporters at the expense of opponents ... Read more

    $137.99 CAD

  • The Social World of the Florentine Humanists, 1390-1460

    by Lauro Martines ...
    Lauro Martines' exhaustive search of manuscript material in the state archives of Florence is the basis for a fascinating portrayal of representative humanists of the period. The Social World of the Florentine Humanists explores the wealth, family tradition, civic prominence, and intellectual achievements of these individuals while assessing the attitudes of other Florentines towards them. ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Noisy Renaissance

    Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life

    by Niall Atkinson ...
    From the strictly regimented church bells to the freewheeling chatter of civic life, Renaissance Florence was a city built not just of stone but of sound as well. An evocative alternative to the dominant visual understanding of urban spaces, The Noisy Renaissance examines the premodern city as an acoustic phenomenon in which citizens used sound to navigate space and society.Analyzing a range of ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD