The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

by Jacob Burckhardt

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I. Introduction
  3. Chapter II. The Tyranny of the Fourteenth Century
  4. Chapter III. The Tyranny of the Fifteenth Century
  5. Chapter IV. The Petty Tyrannies
  6. Chapter V. The Greater Dynasties
  7. Chapter VI. The Opponents of Tyranny
  8. Chapter VII. The Republics: Venice and Florence
  9. Chapter VIII. The Foreign Policy of the Italian States
  10. Chapter IX. War as a Work of Art
  11. Chapter X. The Papacy and Its Dangers
  12. Chapter I. The Italian State and the Individual
  13. Chapter II. The Perfecting of the Individual
  14. Chapter III. The Modern Idea of Fame
  15. Chapter IV. Modern Wit and Satire
  16. Chapter I. Introductory Remarks
  17. Chapter II. Rome, the City of Ruins
  18. Chapter III. The Old Authors
  19. Chapter IV. Humanism in the Fourteenth Century
  20. Chapter V. The Universities and Schools
  21. Chapter VI. The Furtherers of Humanism
  22. Chapter VII. The Reproduction of Antiquity: Latin Correspondence and Orations
  23. Chapter VIII. Latin Treatises and History
  24. Chapter IX. General Latinisation of Culture
  25. Chapter X. Modern Latin Poetry
  26. Chapter XI. Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century
  27. Chapter I. Journeys of the Italians
  28. Chapter II. Natural Science in Italy
  29. Chapter III. The Discovery of Natural Beauty
  30. Chapter IV. The Discovery of Man. Spiritual Description in Poetry
  31. Chapter V. Biography
  32. Chapter VI. The Description of Nations and Cities
  33. Chapter VII. Description of the Outward Man
  34. Chapter VIII. Descriptions of Life in Movement
  35. Chapter I. The Equalisation of Classes
  36. Chapter II. The Outward Refinement of Life
  37. Chapter III. Language as the Basis of Social Intercourse
  38. Chapter IV. The Higher Forms of Society
  39. Chapter V. The Perfect Man of Society
  40. Chapter VI. The Position of Women
  41. Chapter VII. Domestic Economy
  42. Chapter VIII. The Festivals
  43. Chapter I. Morality
  44. Chapter II. Religion in Daily Life
  45. Chapter III. Religion and the Spirit of the Renaissance
  46. Chapter IV. Mixture of Ancient and Modern Superstition
  47. Chapter V. General Disintegration of Belief

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