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History: The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
Index | pg. 86 |Previous Page - Next PageGreat Florentine historians ...The great Florentine historians at the beginning of the sixteenth
century were men of a wholly different kind from the Latinists Bembo
and Giovio. They wrote Italian, not only because they could not vie
with the Ciceronian elegance of the philologists, but because, like
Machiavelli, they could only record in a living tongue the living
results of their own immediate observations and we may add in the case
of Machiavelli, of his observation of the past--and because, as in the
case of Guicciardini, Varchi, and many others, what they most desired
was, that their view of the course of events should have as wide and
deep a practical effect as possible. Even when they only write for a
few friends, like Francesco Vettori, they feel an inward need to utter
their testimony on men and events, and to explain and justify their
share in the latter.
And yet, with all that is characteristic in their language and style,
they were powerfully affected by antiquity, and, without its influence,
would be inconceivable. They were not humanists, but they had passed
through the school of humanism and have in them more of the spirit of
the ancient historians than most of the imitators of Livy. Like the
ancients, they were citizens who wrote for citizens.
Index | pg. 86 |Previous Page - Next Page
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Petto di Castrato Italiana
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Italy Travel Guide
A good starting point for researching Italy for travel or reference.
Venice - Piazza St. Marco (St. Mark's Square)
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Venice - From the Train Station to St. Mark's 1
Venice - From the Train Station to St. Mark's 2
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Breathtaking Italy and France
Ceasar's European Discovery Pictures. Italy Pg. 2
Florence and Venice
Arno River in Florence
Campania
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