Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Carnival to Lent -- The price of magnificence -- Lessons of rebellions past -- A pagan renaissance : sodomy and the classical tradition -- Consorting with the enemy : Mehmet II and the Ottoman threat -- The emperor's tomb -- Humanism imprisoned |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
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Paul II, Pope, 1417-1471 -- Assassination attempt, 1468
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Leto, Giulio Pomponio, 1428-1497.
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Platina, 1421-1481
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Buonaccorsi, Filippo, 1437-1496.
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SUBJECT |
Buonaccorsi, Filippo, 1437-1496 fast |
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Leto, Giulio Pomponio, 1428-1497 fast |
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Paul II, Pope, 1417-1471 fast |
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Platina, 1421-1481 fast |
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Conspiracies -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
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Humanists -- Italy -- Rome -- Biography
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Papacy -- History -- 1447-1565.
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Humanism -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
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Renaissance -- Italy -- Rome
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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Attempted assassination
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Conspiracies
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Humanism
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Humanists
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Papacy
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Renaissance
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SUBJECT |
Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1420-1798. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115201
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Italy -- Rome
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780674053724 |
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0674053729 |
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