Florence in the Time of the Medici: Public Celebrations, Politics, and Literature in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

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Florence in the Time of the Medici: Public Celebrations, Politics, and Literature in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth CenturiesOverview This collection presents eight articles by one of the most influential scholars of Florentine culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Originally published in French, their insights into the relationship between artistic creativity, social realities, and political intentions have had a profound effect on scholarship on Renaissance Italian literature, spectacle, and culture. Michel Plaisance is professor emeritus from the University

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and to Dispel Illnesses and Charms

Letter from John Whitgift to William Cecil (24 Aug

the United States

There is no unifying methodology in this volume

“Preaching the Demonic Family in the West Country: An Account of the Devil and His Mother in an Early Thirteenth-Century Example Book from Llanthony Secunda Priory”

“Incubus as an Illness: Taming the Demonic by Medical Means in Late Antiquity and Beyond”

Francesca Vianello

Luther and the Role of Secular Authority in the Reformation

Elizabeth Nogan Ranieri

Chapter 7: Sicily and Corsairs

Canace (1542)

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