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Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy, Vol. 1

Name: Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy, Vol. 1
Author: Jacob Christoph Burckhardt

Jacob Christoph Burckhardt

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I.I - Introduction (10:06)
I.II - The Tyranny of the Fourteenth Century (14:32)
I.III - The Tyranny of the Fifteenth Century (22:03)
I.IV - The Petty Tyrannies (13:46)
I.V - The Greater Dynasties (38:51)
I.VI - The Opponents of Tyranny (11:34)
I.VII - The Republics: Venice and Florence (25:43)
I.VII.2 - The Republics: Venice and Florence (cont.) (23:03)
I.VIII - Foreign Policy of the Italian States (15:02)
I.IX - War as a Work of Art (6:13)
I.X - The Papacy and Its Dangers (21:50)
I.X.2 - The Papacy and Its Dangers (cont.) (22:28)
II.I - The Italian State and the Individual (8:20)
II.II - The Perfecting of the Individual (8:58)
II.III - The Modern Idea of Fame (18:47)
II.IV - Modern Wit and Satire (25:33)
III.I - Introductory Remarks (13:18)
III.II - Rome, the City of Ruins (18:47)
III.III - The Old Authors (31:59)
III.IV - Humanism in the Fourteenth Century (13:50)
III.V - The Universities and Schools (13:05)
III.VI - The Furtherers of Humanism (25:47)
III.VII - The Reproduction of Antiquity, etc. (22:14)
III.VIII - Latin Treatises and History (12:34)
III.IX - General Latinisation of Culture (12:03)
III.X - Modern Latin Poetry (28:18)
III.XI - Fall of the Humanists (21:29)