Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780521522274
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Italy; Europe - General; History / Europe / General
First sentence: The history of Benedetto Accolti's native city, Arezzo, followed a characteristic pattern for a Tuscan city-state at the end of the middle ages: rapid expansion was succeeded by internal disruption, leading to loss of independence and prolonged civic decline.