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Poetical parodies
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158
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Theory of wit
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159
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Railing and reviling
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161
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Adrian VI. as scapegoat
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162
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Pietro Aretino
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164
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PART III. THE REVIVAL OF ANTIQUITY.
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
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Widened application of the word ‘Renaissance’
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171
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Antiquity in the Middle Ages
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172
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Latin poetry of the twelfth century in Italy
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173
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The spirit of the fourteenth century
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175
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CHAPTER II. ROME, THE CITY OF RUINS.
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Dante, Petrarch, Uberti
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177
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Rome at the time of Poggio
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179
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Nicholas V., and Pius II. as an antiquarian
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180
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Antiquity outside Rome
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181
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Affiliation of families and cities on Rome
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182
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The Roman corpse
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183
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Excavations and architectural plans
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184
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Rome under Leo X.
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184
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Sentimental effect of ruins
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185
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CHAPTER III. THE OLD AUTHORS.
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Their diffusion in the fourteenth century
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187
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Discoveries in the fifteenth century
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188
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The libraries
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189
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Copyists and ‘Scrittori’
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192
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Printing
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194
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Greek scholarship
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195
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Oriental scholarship
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197
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Pico’s view of antiquity
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202
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CHAPTER IV. HUMANISM IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
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Its inevitable victory
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203
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Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio
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205
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Coronation of the poets
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207
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CHAPTER V. THE UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS.
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Position of the Humanists at the Universities
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211
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Latin schools
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213
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Freer education: Vittorino da Feltre
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213
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Guarino of Verona
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215
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The education of princes
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216
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CHAPTER VI. THE FURTHERERS OF HUMANISM.
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Florentine citizens: Niccoli and Manetti
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217
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The earlier Medici
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220
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Humanism at the Courts
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222
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The Popes from Nicholas V. onwards
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223
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Alfonso of Naples
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225
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Frederick of Urbino
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227
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The Houses of Sforza and Este
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227
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Sigismodo Malatesta
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228
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CHAPTER VII. THE REPRODUCTION OF ANTIQUITY. LATIN CORRESPONDENCE AND ORATIONS.
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The Papal Chancery
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230
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Letter-writing
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232
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The orators
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233
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Political, diplomatic, and funeral orations
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236
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Academic and military speeches
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237
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Latin sermons
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238
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Form and matter of the speeches
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239
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