Rome and Medieval culture: Selections from History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages (Classic European Historians)

Ferdinand, Gregorovius

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Lucrezia Borgia: Secondo Documenti e Carteggi del Tempo; Traduzione dal Tedesco (Classic Reprint)

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Lucretia Borgia: According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day (Classic Reprint)

This Volume (volume 4) is in two parts (bound separately): Part 1 includes Book Seven of Gregorovius’ History, which treats the relations of the Emperor and Pope to Rome; the rise of civic offices; the career of John Crescentius and the Tusculans; the rule of Benedict VIII; the attempts at church reform; the rise of Hildebrand, his reign as Gregory VII, and the Investiture Conflict; the influences of Peter Damiani and the Countess Matilda; Robert Guiscard, the Normans, and the destruction of Rome; the reign of Emperor Henry IV; the popes and anti-popes from Sylvester II to Urban II; Rome and the Crusades; music, monasteries, letters, and libraries in the eleventh century. Part 2 includes Book Eight, which covers the Twelfth Century. It treats the continuing conflict over investiture and the Concordat of Worms; the reign of Emperor Henry V; the rise of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily; the communal revolution of 1143 and the rebirth of the Senate; the history of the Capitoline; the life and death of Arnold of Brescia; the popes and anti-popes from Paschal II to Celestine III; Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III; the war between Rome and Tusculum and the Battle of Monte Porzio; the fall of the Tusculans; Henry VI; the development of the rioni and contrade; Roman families: the Frangipani, the Pierleoni and the Colonna; law, the Mirabilia and other literature, and architecture of the twelfth century. Also includes an introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute, London.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 4, 1003-1199

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This Edition of Volume 5, including books 9 and 10, of Ferdinand Gregorovius’ History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages is based on the second revised edition of the English translation and matches the original page-for-page – and footnote-for-footnote – for accuracy of citation. It is entirely reset for modern readability and complete searchability. Volume 5 includes a new introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute in London. Book Nine covers the years 1200 to 1260. It treats: the reign of Innocent III in Rome and abroad; the house of Conti; Emperor Frederick II; the papal crusade against the Hohenstaufen; the States of the Church in the 13th century; senatorial rule in Rome; the Savelli, the Poli, the Anibaldi, the Orsini and the Colonna; Rome and its neighbors in Lazio and Tuscany; St. Francis, St. Dominic, the rise of the mendicants, heresy and popular spirituality; the Guelphs and Ghibellines; Conrad IV; Rome under Brancaleone degli Andalò; the civic constitution, the rise of the Populus and the Guilds. Book Ten covers the years 1260 to 1305. It treats: the Hohenstaufen heirs of Frederick II: Manfred and Conradin; Guelph and Ghibelline conflict in Rome; Urban IV, Charles of Anjou and the conquest of Naples; the battle of Benevento; Rome under Angelo Capocci and Don Arrigo of Castile; Conradin in Rome and his defeat at Tagliacozzo; Charles of Anjou, Senator of Rome; Nicholas III and the rise of the barons; the Orsini, Colonna and Gaetani; Celestine V and Boniface VIII; the Jubilee of 1300; the Colonna revolt, the crusade against Palestrina and the catastrophe at Anagni; the Avignon papacy begins; the university, letters, architecture, the plastic arts; the Cosmati, Giotto, Turrita, Arnolfo di Cambio; the fortresses of the barons, the Senate Palace.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, two part set: Vol. 5, 1200-1305

This edition of Ferdinand Gregorovius' "History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages" is based on the second revised edition of the English translation and matches the original page-for-page — and footnote-for-footnote — for accuracy of citation and is entirely reset for modern readability. Volume VI is in two parts. PART 1 includes * an introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute, London, and Book Eleven of Gregorovius’ History. Book Eleven covers the years 1305 to 1354. It treats the desertion of Rome, and the Avignon Papacy; Emperor Henry VII in Italy, 1312–13; the Colonna and the Orsini; Fra Venturino da Bergamo; Petrarch and Rome; John XXII, Benedict XII, Clement VI; Lewis of Bavaria in Rome; the civil war of the 1330s; the life and revolution of Cola di Rienzo; the rebirth of the republic and Cola’s government; the destruction of the barons; Cola’s excommunication, his exile in the Abruzzi and Bohemia; Cardinal Giles Albornoz reconquers the Papal States; Cola’s trial in Avignon, his return to Rome, and his death. Volume VI, Part II includes Book Twelve of Gregorovius’ History. Book Twelve covers the years 1355 to 1420. It treats Emperor Charles IV in Italy; Albornoz and the Roman constitution; Popes Urban V and Gregory XI; Bridget of Sweden and Catherine of Siena; Florence and the War of the Eight Saints; the Roman conclave of 1378 and the Great Schism; Urban VI, Clement VII, and Boniface IX; Ladislaus of Naples rules Rome; the Jubilee of 1400; Innocent VII, Gregory XII and Benedict XIII; the Council of Pisa, Alexander V, John XXIII; the end of the Schism, Oddo Colonna as Martin V, 1417; letters, history, architecture, sculpture; customs and manners, ritual, festivals and drama; the Mirabilian tradition and humanism: Petrarch, Poggio; the urban fabric, the regions, population, the Campagna.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 6, 1305-1420

This edition of Ferdinand Gregorovius' "History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages" is based on the second revised edition of the English translation and matches the original page-for-page — and footnote-for-footnote — for accuracy of citation and is entirely reset for modern readability. Volume VIII comprises 2 parts. Part 1 includes an introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute, London, and Book Thirteen, chapters 1-4 of Gregorovius’ History. Book Thirteen covers the years 1421 to 1503. It treats the Renaissance; Martin V, Eugenius IV, and the Conciliar movement; the mercenaries Fortebraccio and Sforza; Cardinal Vitelleschi and Ludovico Scarampo, tyrants of Rome; Stefano Porcaro and the Republic; Nicholas V, the Council of Basle, the Jubilee of 1450; the rise of the Borgia; Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini becomes Pope Pius II; the Humanists in Rome; the Tiburziani; the crusade against the Turks; the Caraffa, Riario, Rovere, the Medici; the Orsini and Colonna in the Renaissance; Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII; Roderigo Borgia becomes Alexander VI; Cesare Borgia; Charles VIII of France invades Italy. It also treats Italy after Charles VIII’s invasion; Alexander VI and the Papal States; Caesar and Lucrezia Borgia; the Jubilee of 1500; the Colonna and Orsini; Louis XII of France invades Italy; the Renaissance in Rome: the Vatican Library, printing, philology; Poggio, Bruni, Filelfo, Beccadelli and Valla; Greek studies: Chrysoloras, George of Trebizond, Theodore of Gaza, Cardinal Bessarion; destruction of the monuments; epigraphy and archaeology; the historians and biographers: Biondo, Pius II, Ammanati, Vespasiano, Manetti, Platina, Infessura; poets and playwrights; theater and spectacle; the Academies; architecture, sculpture and the decorative arts; painting; the city of Rome surveyed by region c. 1500.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 7, 1421-1503

This Edition of Ferdinand Gregorovius’ "History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages" is based on the English translation of the fourth German edition and matches the original page-for-page – and footnote-for-footnote – for accuracy of citation. It is entirely reset for modern readability. Volume VIII, includes; an introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute, London, and Book Fourteen of Gregorovius’ History. Book Fourteen covers the years 1503 to 1534. It treats; the end of Cesare Borgia; Pius III and Julius II; Italian politics, France, and Spain; the Reformation; urbanism and architecture in Rome under Julius II; Bramante, Sangallo, the Vatican, and the new St. Peter’s; Raphael, Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel; Leo X and Medici Rome; France, Naples, the Empire under Maximilian and Charles V; the Renaissance in Rome: Humanism, the Classics, the Academies and University; history and poetry; Giulio Romano, Sansovino; palaces and villas; urbanism under Leo X; the expansion of the city; population growth; the decay of the urban aristocracy. It also treats; Adrian VI; anarchy and plague in Rome; attempts at Reform; Francis I and the French invasion; Clement VII; the War of the League; the imperial march towards Rome; Frundsberg, Bourbon, Giovanni Medici and Lannoy; the Sack of Rome, 1527; Clement VII in Castel Sant’Angelo; impact of the Sack on the arts and learning; Rome after the Sack; the Peace of Cambray; Charles V emperor; death of Clement VII, September 25, 1534; close of the History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages; comprehensive index to all eight volumes.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 8, Part 1: 1503-1521

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Rome and Medieval culture: Selections from History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages (Classic European Historians)

Lucrezia Borgia: Secondo Documenti e Carteggi del Tempo; Traduzione dal Tedesco (Classic Reprint)

Lucretia Borgia: According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day (Classic Reprint)

Lucrezia Borgia: Secondo Documenti e Carteggi del Tempo; Traduzione dal Tedesco (Classic Reprint)

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 4, 1003-1199

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, two part set: Vol. 5, 1200-1305

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 6, 1305-1420

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 7, 1421-1503

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 8, Part 1: 1503-1521

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 1, 400-568 A.D. (for Macintosh)