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American higher education is under attack today as never before. A
growing right-wing narrative portrays academia as corrupt,
irrelevant, costly, and dangerous to both students and the nation.
Budget cuts, attacks on liberal arts and humanities disciplines,
faculty layoffs and retrenchments, technology displacements,
corporatization, and campus closings have accelerated over the past
decade. In this timely volume, Ronald Musto draws on historical
precedent - Henry VIII's dissolution of British monasteries in the
1530s - for his study of the current threats to American higher
education. He shows how a triad of forces - authority,
separateness, and innovation - enabled monasteries to succeed, and
then suddenly and unexpectedly to fail. Musto applies this analogy
to contemporary academia. Despite higher education's vital
centrality to American culture and economy, a powerful,
anti-liberal narrative is severely damaging its reputation among
parents, voters, and politicians. Musto offers a comprehensive
account of this narrative from the mid-twentieth century to the
present, as well as a new set of arguments to counter criticisms
and rebuild the image of higher education.
The Digital Humanities is a comprehensive introduction and
practical guide to how humanists use the digital to conduct
research, organize materials, analyze, and publish findings. It
summarizes the turn toward the digital that is reinventing every
aspect of the humanities among scholars, libraries, publishers,
administrators, and the public. Beginning with some definitions and
a brief historical survey of the humanities, the book examines how
humanists work, what they study, and how humanists and their
research have been impacted by the digital and how, in turn, they
shape it. It surveys digital humanities tools and their functions,
the digital humanists' environments, and the outcomes and reception
of their work. The book pays particular attention to both
theoretical underpinnings and practical considerations for
embarking on digital humanities projects. It places the digital
humanities firmly within the historical traditions of the
humanities and in the contexts of current academic and scholarly
life.
The Digital Humanities is a comprehensive introduction and
practical guide to how humanists use the digital to conduct
research, organize materials, analyze, and publish findings. It
summarizes the turn toward the digital that is reinventing every
aspect of the humanities among scholars, libraries, publishers,
administrators, and the public. Beginning with some definitions and
a brief historical survey of the humanities, the book examines how
humanists work, what they study, and how humanists and their
research have been impacted by the digital and how, in turn, they
shape it. It surveys digital humanities tools and their functions,
the digital humanists' environments, and the outcomes and reception
of their work. The book pays particular attention to both
theoretical underpinnings and practical considerations for
embarking on digital humanities projects. It places the digital
humanities firmly within the historical traditions of the
humanities and in the contexts of current academic and scholarly
life.
This is the first comprehensive English-language collection of
sources yet to treat the city of Naples from late antiquity to the
beginning of the Renaissance. Sources are drawn from its
historical, economic, literary, artistic, religious and cultural
life from the fall of Rome through the Byzantine, ducal, Norman,
Hohenstaufen and Angevin periods. The Introduction offers a
comprehensive survey of the periods covered, with a discussion of
the historiography and of important research and interpretive
issues. These include the material development of the city from
late antiquity through the end of the Angevin period, the condition
and use of the available primary sources and archaeological
evidence, with particular attention given to the wide variety of
recent excavations and of archival materials, the question of the
ruralization and recovery of its urban core through the little
known ducal period, Naples' importance as a commercial and
political capital, its developing economic and material base, and
the issue of its relationship to its hinterland on the one hand and
to broader Mediterranean contexts on the other. It also surveys
changes in Naples' urban plan, its walls, fortifications and port
and its commercial and residential development. For the later
Middle Ages, Musto traces Naples' intellectual life and the complex
historiography of what he terms the "black legend of the Angevins"
and its continued impact on perceptions of Naples and the Italian
South. Documents include chronicles and histories; archival
materials, accounts, financial and commercial records, contracts,
wills, notarial and legislative documents; poetry, romances,
biographies, letters, travelers' accounts and legends; liturgical
and hagiographical texts; as well as examples of manuscript
production and illustration, painting and architecture. 460 pages.
Preface, introduction, notes and bibliography; appendices,
including the Tavola Strozzi with key, Map of Medieval Naples with
thumbnail key; index. 82 readings, 74 b&w figures, plus 60
thumbnail images. Links to online resources from A Documentary
History of Naples, including image galleries with over 460
additional images in full color; and to full bibliographies with
ongoing supplements.
This is the first comprehensive English-language collection of
sources yet to treat the city of Naples from late antiquity to the
beginning of the Renaissance. Sources are drawn from its
historical, economic, literary, artistic, religious and cultural
life from the fall of Rome through the Byzantine, ducal, Norman,
Hohenstaufen and Angevin periods. The Introduction offers a
comprehensive survey of the periods covered, with a discussion of
the historiography and of important research and interpretive
issues. These include the material development of the city from
late antiquity through the end of the Angevin period, the condition
and use of the available primary sources and archaeological
evidence, with particular attention given to the wide variety of
recent excavations and of archival materials, the question of the
ruralization and recovery of its urban core through the little
known ducal period, Naples' importance as a commercial and
political capital, its developing economic and material base, and
the issue of its relationship to its hinterland on the one hand and
to broader Mediterranean contexts on the other. It also surveys
changes in Naples' urban plan, its walls, fortifications and port
and its commercial and residential development. For the later
Middle Ages, Musto traces Naples' intellectual life and the complex
historiography of what he terms the "black legend of the Angevins"
and its continued impact on perceptions of Naples and the Italian
South. Documents include chronicles and histories; archival
materials, accounts, financial and commercial records, contracts,
wills, notarial and legislative documents; poetry, romances,
biographies, letters, travelers' accounts and legends; liturgical
and hagiographical texts; as well as examples of manuscript
production and illustration, painting and architecture. 460 pages.
Preface, introduction, notes and bibliography; appendices,
including the Tavola Strozzi with key, Map of Medieval Naples with
thumbnail key; index. 82 readings, 74 b&w figures, plus 60
thumbnail images. Links to online resources from A Documentary
History of Naples, including image galleries with over 460
additional images in full color; and to full bibliographies with
ongoing supplements.
Two leading American experts on the subject offer the first
comprehensive English-language review of Naples' architecture and
urban development from late antiquity to the high and late Middle
Ages. William Tronzo treats the early Middle Ages, from the end of
the western Roman Empire to the end of the Duchy, or from about 400
to 1139. He covers a range of topics, including the development of
the city's urban fabric and chief monuments, including the
catacombs, Sta. Restituta, the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte,
the forum area including San Paolo Maggiore and the early history
of San Lorenzo Maggiore and the Pietrasanta. Caroline Bruzelius
then picks up the narrative and analysis from the twelfth century
to the end of the Angevin period. She brings up to date and nuances
many of the findings and themes of her The Stones of Naples. She
revisits some of the same material on the early medieval city from
a different perspective, that of religious foundations and urban
topography. She proceeds to patronage - religious, mercantile,
noble and royal - and then moves on to the role of Tuscan artists
in Naples, concluding with the Angevin reconfiguration of the city
in the late Middle Ages. Clearly and concisely written, this book
is an ideal introductory survey for the scholar, student and
general reader to medieval Naples, its chief monuments and to the
scholarly discussions and interpretations of the material, visual
and documentary evidence. 160 pages. Preface, select bibliography;
appendices, including the Tavola Strozzi with key, Map of Medieval
Naples with thumbnail key; index. 83 black & white figures,
plus 60 thumbnail images. List of links to online resources from A
Documentary History of Naples, including primary-source readings;
image galleries containing over 450 additional images in full
color; and links to full bibliographies with ongoing supplements.
Two leading American experts on the subject offer the first
comprehensive English-language review of Naples' architecture and
urban development from late antiquity to the high and late Middle
Ages. William Tronzo treats the early Middle Ages, from the end of
the western Roman Empire to the end of the Duchy, or from about 400
to 1139. He covers a range of topics, including the development of
the city's urban fabric and chief monuments, including the
catacombs, Sta. Restituta, the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte,
the forum area including San Paolo Maggiore and the early history
of San Lorenzo Maggiore and the Pietrasanta. Caroline Bruzelius
then picks up the narrative and analysis from the twelfth century
to the end of the Angevin period. She brings up to date and nuances
many of the findings and themes of her The Stones of Naples. She
revisits some of the same material on the early medieval city from
a different perspective, that of religious foundations and urban
topography. She proceeds to patronage - religious, mercantile,
noble and royal - and then moves on to the role of Tuscan artists
in Naples, concluding with the Angevin reconfiguration of the city
in the late Middle Ages. Clearly and concisely written, this book
is an ideal introductory survey for the scholar, student and
general reader to medieval Naples, its chief monuments and to the
scholarly discussions and interpretations of the material, visual
and documentary evidence. 160 pages. Preface, select bibliography;
appendices, including the Tavola Strozzi with key, Map of Medieval
Naples with thumbnail key; index. 83 black & white figures,
plus 60 thumbnail images. List of links to online resources from A
Documentary History of Naples, including primary-source readings;
image galleries containing over 450 additional images in full
color; and links to full bibliographies with ongoing supplements.
In Rome on May 20, 1347 Cola di Rienzo, a young visionary with a
gift for oratory, overthrew the rule of the barons and the pope.
Cola's revolution then attempted to restore the greatness of the
medieval commune, revive the ancient Roman Republic, and usher in a
new age of liberty, justice and peace. The bright hope for Rome and
Italy soon changed to disillusionment, however, as pope and barons
conspired to isolate and then topple the Tribune of the People only
seven months later. After a period of exile and wandering in the
Abruzzi Mountains, he traveled to the Holy Roman Emperor in Prague
where he was befriended by Charles IV but eventually arrested,
imprisoned by the Inquisition, and turned over to his arch-enemy,
Pope Clement VI in Avignon. In a bizarre turn of events he was
freed and returned to Rome to restore the republic. Shortly
thereafter the barons revolted again; and Rienzo was slain by a mob
on the Capitoline Hill, near where his bronze statue now stands.
Using their letters and other writings, plus many other
contemporary documents, this book tells the story of the
relationship between Cola di Rienzo and Francesco Petrarch, the
poet and Renaissance humanist. Petrarch's initial break with the
Tribune and his eventual bid to save him from death offer a
remarkable case study of the interaction between the world of
letters and politics - between the contemplative and the active
lives - in the early Renaissance. Translated from Latin by Mario E.
Cosenza. 3rd, revised, edition by Ronald G. Musto. Updated
introduction, bibliography, map, notes and index.
On May 20, 1347, Cola di Rienzo overthrew without violence the
turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. A young
visionary and the best political speaker of his time, Cola promised
Rome a return to its former greatness. Ronald G. Musto's vivid
biography of this charismatic leader--whose exploits have enlivened
the work of poets, composers, and dramatists, as well as
historians--peels away centuries of interpretation to reveal the
realities of fourteenth-century Italy and to offer a comprehensive
account of Cola's rise and fall.
A man of modest origins, Cola gained a reputation as a talented
professional with an unparalleled knowledge of Rome's classical
remains. After earning the respect and friendship of Petrarch and
the sponsorship of Pope Clement VI, Cola won the affections and
loyalties of all classes of Romans. His buono stato established the
reputation of Rome as the heralded New Jerusalem of the Apocalypse
and quickly made the city a potent diplomatic and religious center
that challenged the authority--and power--of both pope and emperor.
At the height of Cola's rule, a conspiracy of pope and barons
forced him to flee the city and live for years as a fugitive until
he was betrayed and taken to Avignon to stand trial as a heretic.
Musto relates the dramatic story of Cola's subsequent exoneration
and return to central Italy as an agent of the new pope. But only
weeks after he reestablished his government, he was slain by the
Romans atop the Capitoline hill.
In his exploration, Musto examines every known document pertaining
to Cola's life, including papal, private, and diplomatic
correspondence rarely used by earlier historians. With his intimate
knowledge of historical Rome--its streets and ruins, its churches
and palaces, from the busy Tiber riverfront to the lost splendor of
the Capitoline--he brings a cinematic flair to this fascinating
historical narrative.
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