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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. Charting the
transition of Florence from an obscure Guelph republic to a
regional superpower in which the glittering court of Lorenzo the
Magnificent became the pride and envy of the continent, the author
authoritatively discusses a city that looked to the past for ideas
even as it articulated a novel creativity. Uncovering passionate
dispute and intrigue, Maxson sheds fresh light too on seminal
events like the fiery end of oratorical firebrand Savonarola and
Giuliano de' Medici's brutal murder by the rival Pazzi family. This
book shows why Florence, harbinger and heartland of the
Renaissance, is and has always been unique.
Offering a comprehensive discussion into regime change in Italy
during the Early Modern period, this book will appeal to students
and researchers alike interested in the dynamics between politics,
military, and culture in Europe during this crucial era.
This book offers a major contribution for understanding the spread
of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence. Investigating the
connections between individuals who were part of the humanist
movement, Maxson reconstructs the networks that bound them
together. Overturning the problematic categorization of humanists
as either professional or amateurs, a distinction based on
economics and the production of original works in Latin, he offers
a new way of understanding how the humanist movement could
incorporate so many who were illiterate in Latin, but who
nonetheless were responsible for an intellectual and cultural
paradigm shift. The book demonstrates the massive appeal of the
humanist movement across socio-economic and political groups, and
argues that the movement became so successful and widespread
because by the 1420s-30s the demands of common rituals began
requiring humanist speeches. Over time, humanist learning became
more valuable as social capital, which raised the status of the
most learned humanists and helped disseminate humanist ideas beyond
Florence.
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. Charting the
transition of Florence from an obscure Guelph republic to a
regional superpower in which the glittering court of Lorenzo the
Magnificent became the pride and envy of the continent, the author
authoritatively discusses a city that looked to the past for ideas
even as it articulated a novel creativity. Uncovering passionate
dispute and intrigue, Maxson sheds fresh light too on seminal
events like the fiery end of oratorical firebrand Savonarola and
Giuliano de' Medici's brutal murder by the rival Pazzi family. This
book shows why Florence, harbinger and heartland of the
Renaissance, is and has always been unique.
Through the exploration of nine common myths about the history and
culture of early modern Europe, roughly 1350–1700, this book uses
common assumptions to introduce newcomers to the period and its key
figures, developments, and events. Many myths about early modern
Europe originated in the 19th and 20th centuries and continue to
appear today across popular media. In recent years, such popular
documentaries and television shows as Game of Thrones have tended
to reinforce what we think we know about the world during the early
modern period. Early modern Europe birthed the modern world—just
not in the way we think it did. This installment in the Facts and
Fictions series utilizes primary sources to interrogate popular
beliefs about early modern Europe and reveal the true story behind
such movements and events as the Scientific Revolution, the
Crusades, and the European witch hunts. Focusing on how perceptions
of these events have shifted and evolved through history, this book
is an excellent resource for students of this period as well as
general readers interested in understanding what really happened
during this time. Provides readers with an introduction to early
modern Europe Dispels common assumptions about the past Encourages
readers to approach historical information based upon questions,
evidence, and interpretations Includes a wide array of primary
sources illustrating various myths and misconceptions
This book offers a major contribution for understanding the spread
of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence. Investigating the
connections between individuals who were part of the humanist
movement, Maxson reconstructs the networks that bound them
together. Overturning the problematic categorization of humanists
as either professional or amateurs, a distinction based on
economics and the production of original works in Latin, he offers
a new way of understanding how the humanist movement could
incorporate so many who were illiterate in Latin, but who
nonetheless were responsible for an intellectual and cultural
paradigm shift. The book demonstrates the massive appeal of the
humanist movement across socio-economic and political groups, and
argues that the movement became so successful and widespread
because by the 1420s-30s the demands of common rituals began
requiring humanist speeches. Over time, humanist learning became
more valuable as social capital, which raised the status of the
most learned humanists and helped disseminate humanist ideas beyond
Florence.
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