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The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

Jacob Burckhardt · Public domain text

215,749 words · about 15 h 7 min to read

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Author
Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897)
Language
English
Subjects
Renaissance › Italy, Italy › Civilization
Length
215,749 words · about 15 h 7 min
Sections
100 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (100)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 1 min
  3. Part I under 1 min
  4. I. INTRODUCTION under 1 min
  5. II. THE TYRANNY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  6. III. THE TYRANNY OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  7. IV. THE PETTY TYRANNIES under 1 min
  8. V. THE GREATER DYNASTIES under 1 min
  9. VI. THE OPPONENTS OF TYRANNY under 1 min
  10. VII. THE REPUBLICS: VENICE AND FLORENCE under 1 min
  11. VIII. FOREIGN POLICY OF THE ITALIAN STATES under 1 min
  12. IX. WAR AS A WORK OF ART under 1 min
  13. X. THE PAPACY AND ITS DANGERS under 1 min
  14. Part II under 1 min
  15. I. THE ITALIAN STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL under 1 min
  16. II. THE PERFECTING OF THE INDIVIDUAL under 1 min
  17. III. THE MODERN IDEA OF FAME under 1 min
  18. IV. MODERN WIT AND SATIRE under 1 min
  19. Part III under 1 min
  20. I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS under 1 min
  21. II. ROME, THE CITY OF RUINS under 1 min
  22. III. THE OLD AUTHORS under 1 min
  23. IV. HUMANISM IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  24. V. THE UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS under 1 min
  25. VI. THE FURTHERERS OF HUMANISM under 1 min
  26. Chapter VII under 1 min
  27. VIII. LATIN TREATISES AND HISTORY under 1 min
  28. IX. GENERAL LATINISATION OF CULTURE under 1 min
  29. X. MODERN LATIN POETRY under 1 min
  30. XI. FALL OF THE HUMANISTS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  31. Part IV under 1 min
  32. I. JOURNEYS OF THE ITALIANS under 1 min
  33. II. NATURAL SCIENCE IN ITALY under 1 min
  34. III. THE DISCOVERY OF NATURAL BEAUTY under 1 min
  35. IV. THE DISCOVERY OF MAN.--SPIRITUAL DESCRIPTION IN POETRY under 1 min
  36. V. BIOGRAPHY under 1 min
  37. VI. THE DESCRIPTION OF NATIONS AND CITIES under 1 min
  38. VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTWARD MAN under 1 min
  39. VIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN MOVEMENT under 1 min
  40. Part V under 1 min
  41. I. THE EQUALISATION OF CLASSES under 1 min
  42. II. OUTWARD REFINEMENT OF LIFE under 1 min
  43. III. LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE under 1 min
  44. IV. THE HIGHER FORMS OF SOCIETY under 1 min
  45. V. THE PERFECT MAN OF SOCIETY under 1 min
  46. VI. THE POSITION OF WOMEN under 1 min
  47. VII. DOMESTIC ECONOMY under 1 min
  48. VIII. THE FESTIVALS under 1 min
  49. Part VI under 1 min
  50. I. MORALITY under 1 min
  51. II. RELIGION IN DAILY LIFE under 1 min
  52. III. RELIGION AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE under 1 min
  53. IV. MIXTURE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN SUPERSTITIONS under 1 min
  54. V. GENERAL DISINTEGRATION OF BELIEF under 1 min
  55. I. INTRODUCTION about 7 min
  56. II. THE TYRANNY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY about 9 min
  57. III. THE TYRANNY OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY about 15 min
  58. IV. THE PETTY TYRANNIES about 9 min
  59. V. THE GREATER DYNASTIES about 25 min
  60. VI. THE OPPONENTS OF TYRANNY about 7 min
  61. VII. THE REPUBLICS: VENICE AND FLORENCE about 32 min
  62. VIII. THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE ITALIAN STATES about 10 min
  63. IX. WAR AS A WORK OF ART about 4 min
  64. X. THE PAPACY AND ITS DANGERS about 30 min
  65. I. THE ITALIAN STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL about 5 min
  66. II. THE PERFECTING OF THE INDIVIDUAL about 6 min
  67. III. THE MODERN IDEA OF FAME about 12 min
  68. IV. MODERN WIT AND SATIRE about 17 min
  69. I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS about 7 min
  70. II. ROME, THE CITY OF RUINS about 11 min
  71. III. THE OLD AUTHORS about 15 min
  72. IV. HUMANISM IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY about 8 min
  73. V. THE UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS about 8 min
  74. VI. THE FURTHERERS OF HUMANISM about 17 min
  75. Chapter VII about 15 min
  76. VIII. LATIN TREATISES AND HISTORY about 8 min
  77. IX. GENERAL LATINISATION OF CULTURE about 8 min
  78. X. MODERN LATIN POETRY about 19 min
  79. XI. FALL OF THE HUMANISTS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY about 15 min
  80. I. JOURNEYS OF THE ITALIANS about 4 min
  81. II. NATURAL SCIENCE IN ITALY about 8 min
  82. III. THE DISCOVERY OF NATURAL BEAUTY about 12 min
  83. IV. THE DISCOVERY OF MAN. SPIRITUAL DESCRIPTION IN POETRY about 28 min
  84. V. BIOGRAPHY about 14 min
  85. VI. THE DESCRIPTION OF NATIONS AND CITIES about 3 min
  86. VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTWARD MAN about 6 min
  87. VIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN MOVEMENT about 8 min
  88. I. THE EQUALISATION OF CLASSES about 11 min
  89. II. THE OUTWARD REFINEMENT OF LIFE about 8 min
  90. III. LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE about 7 min
  91. IV. THE HIGHER FORMS OF SOCIETY about 5 min
  92. V. THE PERFECT MAN OF SOCIETY about 7 min
  93. VI. THE POSITION OF WOMEN about 6 min
  94. VII. DOMESTIC ECONOMY about 4 min
  95. VIII. THE FESTIVALS about 27 min
  96. I. MORALITY about 35 min
  97. II. RELIGION IN DAILY LIFE about 42 min
  98. III. RELIGION AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE about 21 min
  99. IV. MIXTURE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN SUPERSTITION about 41 min
  100. V. GENERAL DISINTEGRATION OF BELIEF about 4 h 42 min

The opening of Preface

Dr. BURCKHARDT’S work on the Renaissance in Italy is too well known, not only to students of the period, but now to a wider circle of readers, for any introduction to be necessary. The increased interest which has of late years, in England, been taken in this and kindred subjects, and the welcome which has been given to the works of other writers upon them, encourage me to hope that in publishing this translation I am meeting a want felt by some who are either unable to read German at all, or to whom an English version will save a good deal of time and trouble.

The translation is made from the third edition of the original, recently published in Germany, with slight additions to the text, and large additions to the notes, by Dr. LUDWIG GEIGER, of Berlin. It also contains some fresh matter communicated by Dr. BURCKHARDT to Professor DIEGO VALBUSA of Mantua, the Italian translator of the book. To all three gentlemen my thanks are due for courtesy shown, or help given to me in the course of my work.

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