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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Byrne, Joseph. The World of Renaissance Italy: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. Greenwood, 2017. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440829604.
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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
- Calendars: Sacred and Profane 485528
- Carnival 488531
- Children’s Toys and Games 491534
- Church Festivals and Processions 493536
- Civic Festivals 496539
- Courtesans, Prostitutes, and the Sex Trade 499542
- Drunkenness 502545
- Executions 504547
- Gambling 507550
- Games and Pastimes 509552
- Madness 512555
- Music and Dance in Popular Culture 514557
- News 517560
- Noble Pursuits 520563
- Pets 523566
- Pornography and Erotica 525568
- Reading 528571
- Songs and Singing, Popular 531574
- Sports, Contests, and Competitions 534577
- Street Entertainment 537580
- Taverns and Inns 539582
- Theater, Popular 542585
- Theater, Religious 545588
- Weddings 548591
- Women, Letters, and Letter Writing 551594
- Religion and Beliefs 555598
- Introduction 555598
- Bible 558601
- Chapels 561604
- Christian Art in the Home 563606
- Churches 566609
- Clergy, Catholic 570613
- Confraternities 573616
- Council of Trent and Catholic Reform 575618
- Crucifix 578621
- Demons, the Devil, and Exorcisms 580623
- Friars 583626
- Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory 586629
- Inquisitions 588631
- Jews and Judaism 590633
- Magic 593636
- Mary, Cult of 596639
- Memorials Ex Voto 599642
- Monks and Monasteries 601644
- Nuns and Nunneries 603646
- Pilgrims and Shrines 606649
- Preachers and Preaching 609652
- Prophecy and Apocalypticism 612655
- Protestantism 615658
- Sacramentals 617660
- Sacraments, Catholic 620663
- Saints and Their Cults 623666
- Witches and Sorcerers 626669
- Women Mystics 629672
- Science and Technology 633676
- Introduction 633676
- Academies 636679
- Agriculture and Agronomy 639682
- Alchemy 641684
- Anatomy and Dissection 644687
- Astrology 647690
- Astronomy before Copernicus 649692
- Botany and Botanical Illustration 652695
- Collecting and Collections 655698
- Disease and Humoral Medicine 657700
- Glassmaking 660703
- Libraries 663706
- Machines and Engines 666709
- Maps and Mapmaking 668711
- Medical Education 671714
- Metallurgy 674717
- Navigational Tools 676719
- Pharmacopeias and Materia Medica 679722
- Plague Treatises and Consilia 681724
- Printing 683726
- Secrets, Books of 687730
- Ships and Shipbuilding 689732
- Surgery 691734
- Technical Illustration 694737
- Timekeeping 697740
- Tools 699742
- Universities 702745
- Primary Documents 707750
- Appendix: Popes and European Rulers (1350–1600) 753796
- General Bibliography 759802
- Index 767810
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