The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Published in 1860, Burckhardt's great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual.The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italyremains the single most important and influential account of this crucial moment in the history of the West.

Peter Gay is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and director of the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. His many books include the three-volume The Enlightenment: An Interpretation; Schnitzler’s Century: The Making of Middle-Class Culture, 1815–1914; and Freud: A Life for Our Time.

Biographical Note
Introduction
A Note on the Text
The State as a Work of Art
Despots of the Fourteenth Century	p. 7
Despots of the Fifteenth Century	p. 12
The Smaller Despotisms	p. 20
The Greater Dynasties	p. 26
The Opponents of the Despots	p. 40
The Republics: Venice and Florence	p. 45
Foreign Policy	p. 64
War as a Work of Art	p. 70
The Papacy	p. 72
Patriotism	p. 89
The Development of the Individual
Personality	p. 93
Glory	p. 100
Ridicule and Wit	p. 107
The Revival of Antiquity
The Ruins of Rome	p. 125
The Classics	p. 132
The Humanists	p. 139
Universities and Schools	p. 143
Propagators of Antiquity	p. 148
Reproduction of Antiquity: Epistolography: Latin Orators	p. 157
The Treatise, and History in Latin	p. 165
Antiquity as the Common Source	p. 169
Neo-Latin Poetry	p. 174
Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century	p. 185
The Discovery of the World and of Man
Journeys of the Italians	p. 197
The Natural Sciences in Italy	p. 200
Discovery of the Beauty of Landscape	p. 205
Discovery of Man	p. 212
Biography in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance	p. 228
Description of the Outward Man	p. 238
Description of Human Life	p. 242
Society and Festivals
Equality of Classes	p. 249
Costumes and Fashions	p. 256
Language and Society	p. 261
Social Etiquette	p. 266
Education of the "Cortigiano"	p. 269
Music	p. 271
Equality of Men and Women	p. 274
Domestic Life	p. 278
Festivals	p. 280
Morality and Religion
Morality of Judgement	p. 299
Morality and Immorality	p. 300
Religion in Daily Life	p. 319
Strength of the Old Faith	p. 338
Religion and the Spirit of the Renaissance	p. 345
Influence of Ancient Superstition	p. 356
General Spirit of Doubt	p. 380
Afterword	p. 389
Index	p. 395
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