A short history of Florence and the Florentine republic /
Author / Creator: | Maxson, Brian, 1978- author. |
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Imprint: | London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. |
Description: | xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Short histories Short histories (Bloomsbury (Firm)) |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13075926 |
Summary: | The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its classically-inspired palaces and piazzas, it is perhaps the finest single expression of a society that is still at its heart an urban one. For, as Brian Jeffrey Maxson reveals, it is above all the city-state - the walled commune which became the chief driver of European commerce, culture, banking and art - that is medieval Italy's enduring legacy to the present. |
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Physical Description: | xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-262) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781788314886 1788314883 9781788314893 1788314891 9780755640140 9780755640126 |