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Publications̈
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

Publications̈

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1879
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Includes the society's Report

The Medicean Succession
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

The Medicean Succession

Cosimo dei Medici stabilized ducal finances, secured his borders, doubled his territory, attracted scholars and artists to his court, academy, and universities, and dissipated fractious Florentine politics. These triumphs were far from a foregone conclusion, as Gregory Murry shows in this study of how Cosimo crafted his image as a sacral monarch.

Publications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

Publications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1879
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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An Index to the Wills and Inventories Now Preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 270
Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 280
The Powers of Music
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

The Powers of Music

In this cultural history, Ruth Katz conceives of opera as a laboratory dedicated to exploration of the powers hidden in the interaction between words and music. Opera combines not only music and libretto, but the sensuality, acting out, and lyricism that characterize the popular culture of the Italians. The Powers of Music is thus a contribution to cultural studies, providing unique insight into the social meaning of opera in Italy. According to Katz, opera's origins in Renaissance Italy can be traced to numerous characteristics of life at that time. Among them are: the belief of the Humanists that the magical properties of music could be harnessed; the transition from polyphony to monody th...

Beyond the Edge
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Beyond the Edge

Experience the joy of sharing the gospel with people who are hearing it for the first time. Be amazed at the miraculous move of God in His people’s lives. Weep over the martyrdom of missionaries for the cause of Christ See how God is using WEC international to carry out the vision of founder C.T. Studd to reach all peoples with the gospel.

A Companion to Cosimo I de’ Medici
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 659

A Companion to Cosimo I de’ Medici

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-11-01
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Mining the rich documentary sources housed in Tuscan archives and taking advantage of the breadth and depth of scholarship produced in recent years, the seventeen essays in this Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici provide a fresh and systematic overview of the life and career of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with special emphasis on Cosimo I's education and intellectual interests, cultural policies, political vision, institutional reforms, diplomatic relations, religious beliefs, military entrepreneurship, and dynastic concerns. Contributors: Maurizio Arfaioli, Alessio Assonitis, Nicholas Scott Baker, Sheila Barker, Stefano Calonaci, Brendan Dooley, Daniele Edigati, Sheila ffolliott, Catherine Fletcher, Andrea Gáldy, Fernando Loffredo, Piergabriele Mancuso, Jessica Maratsos, Carmen Menchini, Oscar Schiavone, Marcello Simonetta, and Henk Th. van Veen.