But though, through stress of other work, he was indisposed to return to the subject, he was quite willing that
our friend Colonel Pearson, who has been associated with
us for some years at Davos, and who is well acquainted
with Italy, should carry out his own views as to what
might be interesting and useful to those who would be
satisfied with the subject in a more popular form. <...> It will
be seen, therefore, that in the choice of his materials
Colonel Pearson’s object has been to select and arrange
for those who know Italy, or hope in the future to do so,
whatever may sustain or promote an interest in its history,
its art, and its literature. <...> With regard to the success with
which this may have been done, it was my husband’s
thought to record here the opinion he frequently expressed
— that the intention of his large work had been thoroughly
appreciated by Colonel Pearson, and its essence reproduced without any important omission. <...> To have seen this
reflection of it, in a form which he agreed might attract a
larger public than he had appealed to, was, it may be well
to add, a source of great pleasure to him during the last
winter of his life. <...> AM HOP, DAVOS PLATZ:
August 11, 1893.
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I
THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE
The word Renaissance has of late years received a
more extended significance than that which is implied in
our English equivalent — the Revival of Learning. <...> We use
it to denote the whole transition from the Middle Ages to
the Modern World; and though it is possible to assign
certain limits to the period during which this transition
took place, we cannot fix on any dates so positively as to
say — between this year and that the movement was accomplished. <...> In like manner we cannot refer the whole phenomena of the Renaissance to any one cause or circumstance,
or limit them within the field of any one department of
human knowledge. <...> If we ask the students of art what they
mean by the Renaissance, they will reply that it was the
revolution effected in architecture, painting, and sculpture
by the recovery of antique <...>
A_short_history_of_the_Renaissance_in_Italy.pdf
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
A SHORT HISTORY
OF THE
RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
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A SHORT HISTORY
OF THE
RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
TAKEN FROM THE WORK OF
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
BY
LIEUT.-COLONEL ALFRED PEARSON
LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1893
[All rights reserved]
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CONTENTS
PREFACE .........................................................................2
I THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE........................ 3
II THE RISE OF THE COMMUNES.............................13
III THE RULE OF THE DESPOTS................................ 30
IV THE POPES OF THE RENAISSANCE....................45
V SAVONAROLA: SCOURGE AND SEER ................73
VI THE RAID OF CHARLES VIII ................................ 90
VII THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING........................... 104
VIII THE FLORENTINE HISTORIANS..................... 113
IX LITERARY SOCIETY AT FLORENCE................127
X MEN OF LETTERS AT ROME AND NAPLES ..... 146
XI MILAN, MANTUA, AND FERRARA................... 159
XII THE FINE ARTS....................................................168
XIII
THE REVIVAL OF
LITERATURE ..............................................................205
XIV THE CATHOLIC REACTION.............................235
VERNACULAR
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PREFACE
It had been often represented to my husband that
his ‘Renaissance in Italy’ in a shorter form would be acceptable
to many who are without the leisure or the inclination
to take up the subject in the character of students.
But though, through stress of other work, he was indisposed
to return to the subject, he was quite willing that
our friend Colonel Pearson, who has been associated with
us for some years at Davos, and who is well acquainted
with Italy, should carry out his own views as to what
might be interesting and useful to those who would be
satisfied with the subject in a more popular form. It will
be seen, therefore, that in the choice of his materials
Colonel Pearson’s object has been to select and arrange
for those who know Italy, or hope in the future to do so,
whatever may sustain or promote an interest in its history,
its art, and its literature. With regard to the success with
which this may have been done, it was my husband’s
thought to record here the opinion he frequently expressed
— that the intention of his large work had been thoroughly
appreciated by Colonel Pearson, and its essence reproduced
without any important omission. To have seen this
reflection of it, in a form which he agreed might attract a
larger public than he had appealed to, was, it may be well
to add, a source of great pleasure to him during the last
winter of his life.
J. C. SYMONDS.
AM HOP, DAVOS PLATZ:
August 11, 1893.
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