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Simon Gilson examines Dante's reception in Florence in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when Dante was represented, commemorated and debated in a variety of ways. Paying particular attention to Dante's influence on major authors such as Boccaccio and Petrarch, Italian humanism, and civic identity and popular culture in Florence, Gilson ranges across literature, philosophy and art, languages and social groups.

Dante Alighieri, --- Homes and haunts --- Florence (Italy) --- Florence (Italie) --- History --- Intellectual life --- Histoire --- Vie intellectuelle --- Dante Alighieri --- Italy --- Jusqu'à 1421 --- To 1500

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Politics in literature. --- Dante Alighieri, --- Political and social views. --- Italy --- Florence (Italy) --- Politics and government --- Dante Alighieri --- Political and social views --- Contemporary Italy --- 1268-1559 --- Jusqu'à 1421 --- Dante Alighieri, - 1265-1321 - Political and social views. --- Dante Alighieri, - 1265-1321 - Contemporary Italy. --- Florence (Italy) - Politics and government - To 1421.

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In Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence, an internationally renowned master of the historian's craft provides a splendid overview of Italian history from the Black Death to the rise of the Medici in 1434 and beyond into the early modern period. Gene Brucker explores those pivotal years in Florence and ranges over northern Italy, with forays into the histories of Genoa, Milan, and Venice. The ten essays, three of which have never before been published, exhibit Brucker's graceful intelligence, his command of the archival sources, and his ability to make history accessible to anyone interested in this place and period. Whether he is writing about a case in the criminal archives, about a citation from Machiavelli, or the concept of modernity, the result is the same: Brucker brings the pulse of the period alive. Five of these essays explore themes in the premodern period and delve into Italy's political, social, economic, religious, and cultural development. Among these pieces is a lucid, synoptic view of the Italian Renaissance. The last five essays focus more narrowly on Florentine topics, including a fascinating look at the dangers and anxieties that threatened Florence in the fifteenth century during Leonardo's time and a mini-biography of Alessandra Strozzi, whose letters to her exiled sons contain the evidence for her eventful life.

Renaissance --- Italy --- Florence (Italy) --- History --- Jusqu'à 1421 --- 1421-1737 --- 1268-1492 --- 15th century. --- alessandra strozzi. --- aristocracy. --- assassination. --- black death. --- campanilismo. --- christianity. --- court life. --- criminals. --- da vinci. --- europe. --- exile. --- fede. --- feudalism. --- fiducia. --- florence. --- genoa. --- government. --- hapsburg. --- historical women. --- history. --- italian history. --- italian renaissance. --- italy. --- letters. --- machiavelli. --- medici. --- medieval italy. --- milan. --- modernity. --- nation. --- national identity. --- nonfiction. --- northern italy. --- plague. --- poison. --- politics. --- religion. --- renaissance. --- spain. --- trust. --- urban italy. --- venice.

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This comprehensive yet suggestive book offers innovative answers to familiar questions, as in the articles of David Whitehead and Erich Gruen on the nature and power of the citizen body. City-States also breaks new ground in its persuasive documentation of the ways in which seemingly disparate disciplines may profitably share methods and data Athens and Rome, Florence and Venice--the best known city-states in European history--have given Western culture a wealthy inheritance. Many of our basic notions about the nature and organization of towns come from realities born in antiquity and brought to fruition in the Middle Ages. While ancient city-states and medieval "communes" have had great importance for modern culture, much about the history of these institutions is still paradoxical and difficult to understand. The contributors to City-States in Classical Antiquity and Medieval Italy offer valuable insights into these problems. This volume presents a parallel reading of the history and analysis of the development, structures, and conflicts of both sets of cities, using insights gained from one to illuminate the other

City-states --- Cités-Etats --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Catholic Church. --- Athens (Greece) --- Florence (Italy) --- Rome --- Venice (Italy) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Florence (Italie) --- Venise (Italie) --- History --- Histoire --- Cités-Etats --- Congrès --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Cities and towns, Medieval --- Cities and towns, Ancient --- Congresses. --- Cities and towns, Medieval - Italy - Congresses --- Cities and towns, Ancient - Congresses --- Athens (Greece) - History - Congresses --- Rome - History - Congresses --- Florence (Italy) - History - To 1421 - Congresses --- Venice (Italy) - History - 697-1508 - Congresses --- Athènes (Grèce) - Histoire - Congrès --- Rome - Histoire - Congrès --- Florence (Italie) - Histoire - Jusqu'à 1421 - Congrès --- Venise (Italie) - Histoire - 697-1508 - Congrès