The World of Renaissance Italy: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
byJoseph P. Byrne, PhD, is professor of honors humanities at Belmont University in Nashville, TN.
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Students of the Italian Renaissance who wish to go beyond the standard names and subjects will find in this text abundant information on the lives, customs, beliefs, and practices of those who lived during this exciting time period.
• Synthesizes the latest research and publication in the Italian Renaissance era by the top scholars in their respective historical fields• Covers a range of types of people and issues rarely covered in other books on the Italian Renaissance and supplies detailed coverage that adds a social dimension to traditional topics such as art, religion, and war
• Authored by a prolific and highly regarded author of history texts, Joseph P. Byrne, PhD, who is expert in the Italian Renaissance
• Appropriate for advanced high school and undergraduate college students as well as general readers interested in the Renaissance period in Italy
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Table of Contents
The World of Renaissance Italy: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
Author(s): Byrne, Joseph;Contributors: Byrne, Joseph;Abstract:Students of the Italian Renaissance who wish to go beyond the standard names and subjects will find in this text abundant information on the lives, customs, beliefs, and practices of those who lived during this exciting time period.
• Synthesizes the latest research and publication in the Italian Renaissance era by the top scholars in their respective historical fields• Covers a range of types of people and issues rarely covered in other books on the Italian Renaissance and supplies detailed coverage that adds a social dimension to traditional topics such as art, religion, and war
• Authored by a prolific and highly regarded author of history texts, Joseph P. Byrne, PhD, who is expert in the Italian Renaissance
• Appropriate for advanced high school and undergraduate college students as well as general readers interested in the Renaissance period in Italy
SortTitle: world of renaissance italy: a daily life encyclopedia [2 volumes]Author Info:Joseph P. Byrne Ph.D.authorJoseph P. Byrne, PhD, is professor of honors humanities at Belmont University in Nashville, TN.
eISBN-13: 9781440829604Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440829604.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440829598Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 840Publication Date: 20170630Series: Daily Life EncyclopediasTable of Contents pages: 1 2
- Cover Cover11
- Volume 1 i2
- Half Title i2
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Preface xv16
- Introduction xvii18
- Chronology xxiii24
- Acknowledgments xxvii28
- Arts 130
- Introduction 130
- Antiquity, Cult of 332
- Art, Courtly 635
- Art, Sacred 938
- Art Patronage 1241
- Ceramics, Decorative 1544
- Daily Life in Art 1847
- Dance, Courtly 2049
- Dante in Popular Culture 2251
- Goldsmithing and Fine Metalwork 2554
- Music at Church 2857
- Music at Court 3160
- Musical Instruments 3362
- Non-Europeans in Art 3665
- Novella 3968
- Painters and Their Workshops 4271
- Painting: Media and Techniques 4574
- Perspective in the Visual Arts 4877
- Pietre Dure and Intarsia 5079
- Portraits 5382
- Prints: Woodcuts, Engravings, and Etchings 5685
- Sculpture 5988
- Theater for the Elite 6190
- Women and the Arts 6493
- Women Poets and Their Poetry 6796
- Economics and Work 71100
- Introduction 71100
- Accounting 73102
- Apothecaries 76105
- Apprentices 79108
- Banks and Banking 81110
- Book Printing and Sales 84113
- Cloth Trade 87116
- Clothmaking 89118
- Coins, Coinage, and Money 92121
- Construction, Building 95124
- Credit and Loans 98127
- Grain Trade 100129
- Guilds 102131
- Imported Goods, Sources of 106135
- Manufacturing 108137
- Mezzadria 110139
- Notaries 113142
- Putting-Out System 115144
- Retail Selling 118147
- Sheep and Wool Economy in the South 121150
- Slaves and Slavery 124153
- Spice Trade 126155
- Taxes and Public Finance 128157
- Trade, Seaborne 131160
- Trade Routes, Overland 134163
- Wages and Prices 136165
- Women in the Labor Force 138167
- Family and Gender 141170
- Introduction 141170
- Birth and Midwives 144173
- Childhood 147176
- Death, Funerals, and Burial 150179
- Divorce, Separation, and Annulment 152181
- Dowries 155184
- Education of Children 157186
- Espousal and Wedding 160189
- Families, Laboring Class 163192
- Families, Noble and Patrician 165194
- Fertility, Conception, and Contraception 168197
- Fostering, Step Children, and Adoption 171200
- Health and Illness 173202
- Heraldry 176205
- Homosexuality and Sodomy 179208
- Infancy, Nursing, and Wet Nursing 182211
- Inheritance 184213
- Last Wills and Testaments 186215
- Names, Personal and Family 189218
- Old Age 192221
- Pregnancy 195224
- Servants, Household 197226
- Siblings 201230
- Virtù and Honor 203232
- Widows 206235
- Wives and Husbands 209238
- Fashion and Appearance 213242
- Introduction 213242
- Art, Fashion in 215244
- Attire, Children 218247
- Attire, Female 220249
- Attire, Male 223252
- Bathing and Personal Hygiene 226255
- Cosmetics 229258
- Court, Fashion at 231260
- Dyes and Dyestuffs 234263
- Fabrics, Domestic 236265
- Fabrics, Imported 238267
- Facial Hair 240269
- Gems and Jewelry 243272
- Hair and Hairstyles 246275
- Headgear 249278
- Laundry 252281
- Literature on Dress 254283
- Livery 257286
- Mouth and Teeth 260289
- Religious Habits and Vestments 261290
- Scents and Perfumes 264293
- Shoes and Footwear 266295
- Social Status and Clothing 269298
- Sumptuary Laws 271300
- Tailors and Seamstresses 274303
- Underclothing 277306
- Food and Drink 281310
- Introduction 281310
- Bread 283312
- Civic Fountains and Potable Water 287316
- Conduct at Table 289318
- Diet and Social Status 291320
- Drugs 294323
- Eating Out 297326
- Feasting and Fasting 299328
- Food Preservation 302331
- Foodsellers and Markets 305334
- Foreign Foods 307336
- Fruits and Vegetables 310339
- Galenic Health Regimens 313342
- Grains and the Wheat Market 316345
- Hunger and Famine 319348
- Literature of Food and Cooking 321350
- Meat, Fowl, Fish, Eggs, and Dairy 324353
- Nutrition: A Modern Assessment 327356
- Salt and Pepper, Herbs and Spices 330359
- Sugar and Confected Sweets 332361
- Tools for Cooking and Eating 335364
- Wines 337366
- Volume 2 v2i370
- Contents v2v374
- Housing and Community 341384
- Introduction 341384
- Barbers and Surgeons 343386
- City Streets and Piazze 346389
- Death in the Community 349392
- Foreign Communities 352395
- Furnishing the House 355398
- Gardens 358401
- Health Commissions and Boards 361404
- Hospitals and Orphanages 363406
- Infant Mortality and Foundling Homes 366409
- Jewish Communities 369412
- Neighborhood and Parish 372415
- Palazzi 375418
- Patronage 379422
- Physicians 381424
- Plague 384427
- Poor, Aid to 387430
- Poverty and the Poor 390433
- Prisons 392435
- Quacks, Charlatans, and Medical Empirics 394437
- Sewage, Sewerage, and Public Sanitation 397440
- Transportation, Local 399442
- Villages and Village Life 402445
- Villas 404447
- Violence within the Household and Community 407450
- Water 410453
- Politics and Warfare 413456
- Introduction 413456
- Alliances and Treaties 416459
- Ambassadors and Diplomacy 418461
- Armies 421464
- Arms and Armor 423466
- Art, Civic 426469
- Citizenship 428471
- City Halls 430473
- Civic Magistracies and Offices 434477
- Contado and Subject Towns 436479
- Crime and Punishments 439482
- Exile and Exiles 442485
- Firearms and Artillery 445488
- Fortresses and Fortifications 448491
- Guelfs and Ghibellines and Other Political Factions 450493
- Mercenaries 452495
- Monarchies, Duchies, and Marquisates 456499
- Navies and Naval Warfare 458501
- Rebellions and Revolts 460503
- Republics 463506
- Soldiers 466509
- Urban Councils and Assemblies 469512
- Urban Public Safety 472515
- War and Civilians 474517
- War in Italy, 1494–1559 477520
- War in Italy to 1494 479522
- Recreation and Social Customs 483526
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