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Renaissance Dream Cultures

By: Alessandro Arcangeli

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This volume explores the dream cultures of the European long sixteenth century, with a focus on Italian sources, reflections and debates on the nature and value of dreams, and frameworks of interpretation. The chapters examine a variety of oneiric experiences, since distinctions such as that between dreams and visions are themselves culturally specific and variable. Several developments of the period are relevant and consequently considered, from the introduction of the printing press and the humanist rediscovery of ancient texts to the religious reforms and the cultural encounters at the time of the first globalisation. At the centre of the narrative is the exceptional case of Girolamo Cardano, heterodox physician, mathematician, astrologer, autobiographer, dreamer and key dream theorist of the epoch. The Italian peninsula produced the first printed editions of many classical and medieval treatises, and, particularly between the 1560s and the 1610s, was also especially active in the writing of texts, both Latin and vernacular, fascinated by the oneiric experience and investigating it. Given the role of the visual in dreaming, images are also analysed. This book will be a recommended reading for scholars, students and non-specialist readers of cultural history, Renaissance studies and dream cultures.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040108083

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Cultural History

A Concise Introduction

By: Alessandro Arcangeli

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Cultural History

A Concise Introduction

By: Alessandro Arcangeli

The expression ‘cultural history’ is generally used today to signal a particular approach to history, one which could be applied to any object, and is mainly concerned with the sense men and women from the past gave to the world they lived in. In this introduction to cultural history as a subdiscipline, the reader will find the key steps in the historical development of the field from 1850 to the present. It surveys different ways in which cultural history has been practised, exploring intellectual history, the history of ideas and concepts, of mentalities, of symbols and representations, and of languages and discourses. Cultural History also maps the territory cultural history most effectively enlightens: gender; the family and sexuality; the body; senses and emotions and images; material culture and consumption; the media and communication. Lastly, it includes an appendix of biographies of a number of influential cultural historians. This concise and accessible introduction will be an essential volume for any university student studying cultural history.

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Routledge

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1136621822

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Renaissance Dream Cultures

By: Alessandro Arcangeli

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By: Alessandro Arcangeli

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Biography of an Industrial Town

Terni, Italy, 1831–2014

By: Alessandro Portelli

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Biography of an Industrial Town

Terni, Italy, 1831–2014

By: Alessandro Portelli

A pioneering work in oral history, this book tells the story of the rise and fall of the industrial revolution and the apogee and crisis of the labor movement through an oral history of Terni, a steel town in Central Italy and the seat of the first large industrial enterprise in Italy. This story is told through a combination of stories, songs, myths and memories from over 200 voices of five generations, woven with a wealth of archival material.

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Springer

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3319508989

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Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage

Typologies of Prayer in the Comedy

By: Alessandro Vettori

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Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage

Typologies of Prayer in the Comedy

By: Alessandro Vettori

In Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante’s Commedia. The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim’s ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno. In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim’s itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante’s own exilic experience. Prayer’s human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant’s wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status. See inside the book.

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BRILL

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9004405259

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9789004405257

Florence et le sultanat mamelouk: les documents de la diplomatie (début XVe - début XVIe siècle)

By: Alessandro Rizzo

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Florence et le sultanat mamelouk: les documents de la diplomatie (début XVe - début XVIe siècle)

By: Alessandro Rizzo

Cet ouvrage présente l’édition, la traduction en français et l’analyse de tous les documents de chancellerie (en arabe, latin et italien) concernant les relations établies entre Florence et le sultanat mamelouk entre 1422 et 1510. Prenant en compte les recherches accomplies au cours des dernières décennies dans le domaine des études diplomatiques, ce travail corrige plusieurs erreurs et inexactitudes contenues dans les précédentes éditions de ces sources et contient quelques documents inédits. Une introduction aborde le cadre historique des relations diplomatiques et examine les caractéristiques des sources. Un riche ensemble de notes explicatives et un glossaire analysent leur contenu. Les sources publiées dans ce volume constituent le témoignage historique disponible pour tracer le cadre des échanges diplomatiques entretenus par la Ville du Lys et Le Caire mamelouk. This book offers the edition, translation into French and analysis of all the chancery documents (in Arabic, Latin and Italian) concerning the relations established between Florence and the Mamluk sultanate between 1422 and 1510. Taking into consideration the achievements made in recent decades in the field of Mamluk diplomatics, this work corrects several errors and inaccuracies contained in previous editions as well as presents some unpublished documents. An introduction addresses the historical framework of diplomatic relations and examines the characteristics of the sources. A rich body of explanatory notes and a glossary analyze their content. The sources published in this volume constitute the historical testimony available for outlining the framework of the diplomatic exchanges maintained by the City of the Lily and Mamluk Cairo.

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9004679669

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9789004679665

Recreation in the Renaissance

Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, C. 1425-1675

By: Alessandro Arcangeli

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Recreation in the Renaissance

Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, C. 1425-1675

By: Alessandro Arcangeli

Thus, leisure existed and mattered well before the Industrial Revolution: its theory and practice significantly shaped an epoch and its self-image."--BOOK JACKET.

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188

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Palgrave MacMillan

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0333711947

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9780333711941

Gabriele DÕAnnunzio: The Collection of Poems in English

By: Alessandro Baruffi

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Gabriele DÕAnnunzio: The Collection of Poems in English

By: Alessandro Baruffi

The most comprehensive English translation of the poetry of Gabriele D'Annunzio.Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (12 March 1863 - 1 March 1938), was an Italian poet, journalist, playwright and soldier during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and later political life from 1914 to 1924. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet").

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Lulu.com

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0359928862

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Renaissance Dream Cultures

Renaissance Dream Cultures

Cultural History

Cultural History

Renaissance Dream Cultures

Renaissance Dream Cultures

Biography of an Industrial Town

Biography of an Industrial Town

Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage

Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage

Florence et le sultanat mamelouk: les documents de la diplomatie (début XVe - début XVIe siècle)

Florence et le sultanat mamelouk: les documents de la diplomatie (début XVe - début XVIe siècle)

Recreation in the Renaissance

Recreation in the Renaissance

Gabriele DÕAnnunzio: The Collection of Poems in English

Gabriele DÕAnnunzio: The Collection of Poems in English

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