This compelling account of a wronged woman in Renaissance Florence, first published in 1986, is a fascinating view of Florentine society and its attitudes on love, marriage, class, and gender. Lusanna was a beautiful woman from a middle-class background who, in 1455, brought suit against Giovanni, h[...]

Simon Gilson explores Dante's reception in his native Florence between 1350 and 1481. He traces the development of Florentine civic culture and the interconnections between Dante's principal 'Florentine' readers, from Giovanni Boccaccio to Cristoforo Landino, and explains how and why both supporters[...]

This is the first translation into English of Guicciardini’s Dialogue on the Government of Florence. Written in the early 1520s by the author of the famous History of Italy, as well as a History of Florence and Political Maxims and Reflections, this dialogue presents what is arguably the most s[...]

A wise and entertaining novel about a woman who has lived life on her own terms for seventy-five defiant and determined years, only to find herself suddenly thrust to the center of her family's various catastrophes Meet Florence Gordon: blunt, brilliant, cantankerous and passionate, feminist icon to[...]

Exquisitely crafted . . . Witty, nuanced and ultimately moving. Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, the"San Francisco Chronicle, ""Salon, "and"The Millions, "and a Best Fiction Book of the Year by the"Christian Science Monitor." Finalist for the Kirkus Prize ."Chicago[...]

The third edition of this classic text has been fully revised with the requirements of S/NVQ level 2 in hairdressing. It covers only those aspects of the science which are relevant to hairdressing, and integrates these with hairdressing topics.[...]

The hardback edition has sold over 7,500 copies. Includes a chronology of key events. Draws on a wide variety of contemporary Roman sources. Takes account of much recent research, particularly anthropological. The hardback edition has sold over 7,500 copies. Includes a chronology of key events.[...]

Here in one volume are the four collected works of one of America's most beloved and best-selling inspirational authors. In her classic best-seller "The Game of Life, " Florence Scovel Shinn reveals the timeless message that has helped thousands to solve their problems. You can create anything you [...]

In this first comprehensive study of the effect of Lucretius's De rerum natura on Florentine thought in the Renaissance, Alison Brown demonstrates how Lucretius was used by Florentine thinkers--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. T[...]

They envisioned a brave new world, and what they got was fascism. As vibrant as its counterparts in Paris, Munich, and Milan, the avant-garde of Florence rose on a wave of artistic, political, and social idealism that swept the world with the arrival of the twentieth century. How the movement flouri[...]

Here-in a rich interweaving of considerations of connoisseurship, style, iconography, cultural and social background, and historical events-is the first extended study of the history of Florentine and Sienese painting in the later fourteenth century, in the period following the plague of the Black D[...]

Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the political struggle provide the unifying theme in this analysis of the exercise of political power in Renaissance Florence. Professor Martines studies the[...]

Rigorously selected, Wallpaper City Guides include the ultimate places to enjoy art and architecture, and to sleep, eat, drink, shop, exercise and relax. Ideal for the weekend tourist, the business traveller, and those enjoying an extended stay.[...]