Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence
Subtitle: Selected Essays
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780520241343
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; History; Europe - Italy; History - General History; Renaissance; History: World; Italy; Essays; History / General; Europe - General; 1421-1737; Florence; Florence (Italy); To 1421
First sentence: In the vast panorama of European historiography, one book stands out for its success in defining a major epoch.
Description: "In these essays an internationally renowned master of the historian's craft provides an overview of Italian history from the Black Death to the rise of the Medici in 1434 and beyond, into the early modern period. Gene Brucker explores those pivotal years in Florence and ranges over northern Italy with forays into the histories of Genoa, Milan, and Venice."--Jacket.