The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.4. CHAPTER II. THE TYRANNY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.5. CHAPTER III. THE TYRANNY OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.6. CHAPTER IV. THE PETTY TYRANNIES.7. CHAPTER V. THE GREATER DYNASTIES.8. CHAPTER VI. THE OPPONENTS OF TYRANNY.9. CHAPTER VII. THE REPUBLICS: VENICE AND FLORENCE.10. CHAPTER VIII. THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE ITALIAN STATES.11. CHAPTER IX. WAR AS A WORK OF ART.12. CHAPTER X. THE PAPACY AND ITS DANGERS.13. CHAPTER I. THE ITALIAN STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL.14. CHAPTER II. THE PERFECTING OF THE INDIVIDUAL.15. CHAPTER III. THE MODERN IDEA OF FAME.16. CHAPTER IV. MODERN WIT AND SATIRE.17. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.18. CHAPTER II. ROME, THE CITY OF RUINS.19. CHAPTER III. THE OLD AUTHORS.20. CHAPTER IV. HUMANISM IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.21. CHAPTER V. THE UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS.22. CHAPTER VI. THE FURTHERERS OF HUMANISM.23. CHAPTER VII. THE REPRODUCTION OF ANTIQUITY: LATIN CORRESPONDENCE AND ORATIONS.24. CHAPTER VIII. LATIN TREATISES AND HISTORY.25. CHAPTER IX. GENERAL LATINISATION OF CULTURE.26. CHAPTER X. MODERN LATIN POETRY.27. CHAPTER XI. FALL OF THE HUMANISTS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.28. CHAPTER I. JOURNEYS OF THE ITALIANS.29. CHAPTER II. NATURAL SCIENCE IN ITALY.30. CHAPTER III. THE DISCOVERY OF NATURAL BEAUTY.31. CHAPTER IV. THE DISCOVERY OF MAN. SPIRITUAL DESCRIPTION IN POETRY.32. CHAPTER V. BIOGRAPHY.33. CHAPTER VI. THE DESCRIPTION OF NATIONS AND CITIES.34. CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTWARD MAN.35. CHAPTER VIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN MOVEMENT.36. CHAPTER I. THE EQUALISATION OF CLASSES.37. CHAPTER II. THE OUTWARD REFINEMENT OF LIFE.38. CHAPTER III. LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.39. CHAPTER IV. THE HIGHER FORMS OF SOCIETY.40. CHAPTER V. THE PERFECT MAN OF SOCIETY.41. CHAPTER VI. THE POSITION OF WOMEN.42. CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC ECONOMY.43. CHAPTER VIII. THE FESTIVALS.44. CHAPTER I. MORALITY.45. CHAPTER II. RELIGION IN DAILY LIFE.46. CHAPTER III. RELIGION AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE.47. CHAPTER IV. MIXTURE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN SUPERSTITION.48. CHAPTER V. GENERAL DISINTEGRATION OF BELIEF.49. FOOTNOTES: