Italian Renaissance studies /
Jacob, E. F.(Ernest Fraser),1894-1971,editor,author.
Includes text on inside covers.
Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1960.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: An approach to the Renaissance / by E.F. Jacob -- Italy and barbarian Europe / by Denys Hay -- Italian humanism in Western Europe / by Roberto Weiss -- War and public opinion in Renaissance Italy / by J.R. Hale -- The financial oligarchy in Florence under Lorenzo / by L.F. Marks -- Politics and constitution in Florence at the end of the fifteenth century / by Nicolai Rubinstein -- Ludovico Sforza and his vassals / by D.M. Bueno de Mesquita -- The end of Malastesta rule in Rimini / by P.J. Jones -- The 'budget' of the Roman Church in the Renaissance period / by Peter Partner -- The early Medici as patrons of art / by E.H. Gombrich -- Maccabean histories in the Sistine ceiling / by Edgar Wind -- Songs of dance and carnival / by Sir Maurice Bowra -- Latin verse of the high Renaissance / by John Sparrow -- Lorenzo, Machiavelli and the Italian language / by Cecil Grayson -- An Italian astrologer at the court of Henry VII / by John Armstrong -- Archaeology and romance in Renaissance Italy / by Charles Mitchell -- Biographical note / by John Hale.