The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

Alfonso ancient antiquity Arch Aretino artistic astrology Bandello beauty Boccaccio Borgia Cæsar Cardinal character Charles Church classical Comp Condottieri Corio court culture Dante death despots ducats Duke Epist Europe fact fame famous Ferrara festivals fifteenth century Fiorent Florence Florentine fourteenth century Francesco Franco Sacchetti German Giannozzo Manetti Giovanni gold florins Greek Gregorovius honour House of Este humanists Il Cortigiano influence Italian Italy kind Latin learned letter Lionardo living Lorenzo Macchiavelli Manetti Medici Middle Ages Milan modern moral Murat Naples nature Niccolò nobles Opera Papacy papal passion Paul Petrarch Pius Pius II poems poetry poets Poggio political Pope princes recognised remarkable Renaissance Reumont Roman Rome Savonarola says scholars Sforza sixteenth Sixtus speak speech spirit style tion treated Urbino Venetian Venice viii Villani Vita whole women writers xxiv