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The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

by Jacob Burckhardt

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Part I — The State as a Work of Art
  3. 3Chapter II — The Tyranny of the Fourteenth Century
  4. 4Chapter III — The Tyranny of the Fifteenth Century
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Petty Tyrannies
  6. 6Chapter V — The Greater Dynasties
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Opponents of Tyranny
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Republics: Venice and Florence
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The Foreign Policy of the Italian States
  10. 10Chapter IX — War as a Work of Art
  11. 11Chapter X — The Papacy and Its Dangers
  12. 12Part II — The Development of the Individual
  13. 13Chapter II — The Perfecting of the Individual
  14. 14Chapter III — The Modern Idea of Fame
  15. 15Chapter IV — Modern Wit and Satire
  16. 16Part III — The Revival of Antiquity
  17. 17Chapter II — Rome, the City of Ruins
  18. 18Chapter III — The Old Authors
  19. 19Chapter IV — Humanism in the Fourteenth Century
  20. 20Chapter V — The Universities and Schools
  21. 21Chapter VI — The Furtherers of Humanism
  22. 22Chapter VII — The Reproduction of Antiquity: Latin Correspondence a…
  23. 23Chapter VIII — Latin Treatises and History
  24. 24Chapter IX — General Latinisation of Culture
  25. 25Chapter X — Modern Latin Poetry
  26. 26Chapter XI — Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century
  27. 27Part IV — The Discovery of the World and of Man
  28. 28Chapter II — Natural Science in Italy
  29. 29Chapter III — The Discovery of Natural Beauty
  30. 30Chapter IV — The Discovery of Man. Spiritual Description in Poetry
  31. 31Chapter V — Biography
  32. 32Chapter VI — The Description of Nations and Cities
  33. 33Chapter VII — Description of the Outward Man
  34. 34Chapter VIII — Descriptions of Life in Movement
  35. 35Part V — Society and Festivals
  36. 36Chapter II — The Outward Refinement of Life
  37. 37Chapter III — Language as the Basis of Social Intercourse
  38. 38Chapter IV — The Higher Forms of Society
  39. 39Chapter V — The Perfect Man of Society
  40. 40Chapter VI — The Position of Women
  41. 41Chapter VII — Domestic Economy
  42. 42Chapter VIII — The Festivals
  43. 43Part VI — Morality and Religion
  44. 44Chapter II — Religion in Daily Life
  45. 45Chapter III — Religion and the Spirit of the Renaissance
  46. 46Chapter IV — Mixture of Ancient and Modern Superstition
  47. 47Chapter V — General Disintegration of Belief

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