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Editore: The Catholic University of America Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 0813226813ISBN 13: 9780813226811
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
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Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: The Catholic University of America Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 0813226813ISBN 13: 9780813226811
Da: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 277 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692. . 2014. Paperback. . . . .
Editore: The Catholic University of America Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 0813226813ISBN 13: 9780813226811
Da: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 277 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Editore: The Catholic University of America Press, Washington, 2014
ISBN 10: 0813226813ISBN 13: 9780813226811
Da: CitiRetail, Stevenage, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Plague and Pleasure is a lively popular history that introduces a new hypothesis about the impetus behind the cultural change in Renaissance Italy. The Renaissance coincided with a period of chronic, constantly recurring plague, unremitting warfare and pervasive insecurity. Consequently, people felt a need for mental escape to alternative, idealized realities, distant in time or space from the unendurable present but made vivid to the imagination through literature, art, and spectacle.Pope Pius II experienced both plague and war during his reign and he exhibited many escapist behaviors typical of his period: the building of his Shangri-La at Pienza, his constant sight-seeing travels, his passion for natural scenery or Roman remains, his public spectacles, andthe humanism that immersed him in an idealized Roman past. This see-saw mentality of the period could plunge into melancholy when facing harsh realities and then propel them into ecstasies of makebelieve to counter their dispair.Plague and Pleasure uses the life and times of Pope Pius II as the framework for presenting a view of the Renaissance that the public can understand and appreciate and which may at least narrow the gap between the past known to scholars and that known to the public they ultimately serve. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.