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- English
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About this book
The Story of Civilization, Volume V: A history of civilization in Italy from 1304-1576. This is the fifth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
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Index
Most abbreviations are self-explanatory. A single date indicates a floruit or, at least, a focal point mentioned in the text; if two dates constitute a floruit, they are preceded by fl. A footnote is indicated by an asterisk (*). All dates of male rulers, lay and ecclesiastical, are regnal. The index is to be used in conjunction with the Table of Contents (xi-xiv), where discussions of the major arts are indicated by section.
A
Abbate, Niccolò dell’ (c. 1512–71), 258, 259
abbreviatores, 392
Abélard, Pierre (1079–1142), 537
Accademia della Crusca, 696
Accademia degli Umidi, 696, 700
Accolti, Bernardo (1465–1536), 345, 483
Achillini, Alessandro (1463–1512), 531, 536
Aconzio, Iacopo (c. 1492–1565), 695
Adagia (Erasmus), 316
Adrian VI (Adrian Dedel), Pope (1521–23), 266, 491, 621–624, 628, 654
Adriano da Corneto, see Castellesi, Adriano
adultery, 575, 578, 579–580
Aeneid (Virgil), 494
Africa (Petrarch), 9
Agnadello, battle of, 617
agriculture, 530
Alamagna, Giovanni d’ (d. 1450), 297
Alamanni, Luigi (1495–1556), 696
Albergad, Niccolò, Blessed (1357–1443), 377
Alberini, Marcello (b. 1511), 485
Albert of Saxony (d. 1390), 222, 223, 225
Alberti, Leon Battista (1404–72), 107–108, 120, 196, 223, 251, 240, 379, 450, 497, 601, 725
Albertinelli, Mariotto (1474–1515), 165
Albertini, Francesco (1521), 496
Albertus Magnus (c. 1193–1280), 222
Albigensians, 689
Albizzi, Rinaldo degli (d. 1442), 377
Albizzi family, 73, 74
Albornoz, Gil Alvarez Carrillo de (known in It...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- To the Reader
- List of Illustrations
- Book I. Prelude: 1300–77
- Book II: The Florentine Renaissance: 1378–1534
- Book III: Italian Pageant: 1378–1534
- Book IV: The Roman Renaissance: 1378–1521
- Book V: Debacle
- Book VI: Finale: 1534–76
- Envoi
- Photographs
- About the Authors
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright