The Penguin Book of the RenaissanceThe dawn of the Renaissance - The prince and the state - Machiavelli - The arts - The young Michelangelo - Florence : cradle of humanism - Guilds - ; Lorenzo de' Meduci Milan : city of strife - Leonardo da Vinci - Rome : splendour and the papacy - Pope Pius II; Venice : the golden years - Doge Francesco Foscari - The images of man - Federigo da Montefeltro - The spread of the Renaissancenc_____________ |
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Introduction | 9 |
The Prince and the State | 31 |
Machiavelli Garrett Mattingly | 55 |
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