The Italian Renaissance:
Culture and Society in Italy
Peter Burke

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The Problem
1	The Arts in Renaissance Italy	13
2	The Historians: The Discovery of Social and Cultural History	27
Pt. II	The Arts in their Milieu
3	Artists and Writers	43
4	Patrons and Clients	89
5	The Uses of Works of Art	125
6	Taste	145
7	Iconography	165
Pt. III	The Wider Society
8	Worldviews: Some Dominant Traits	181
9	The Social Framework	209
10	Cultural and Social Change	235
11	Comparisons and Conclusions	248
App	The Creative Elite	257
	Bibliography	259
	Index	293

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