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Medieval Italy

Das Castel Grande in Bellinzona
by Werner Meyer
A report on the 1967 excavations and building survey at the castel Grande in Bellinzona in the Ticino. 158p with numerous illus. (Walter Verlag 1976)
Paperback. Price GB £10.95

Mckee, Sally
^BEills from Late Medieval Venetian Crete 1312-1420 ^T Wills from late Medieval Society: Power, Discipline and Resistance in Languedoc
Paperback. Price GB £41.95

Kucher, Michael P
Siena's medieval water supply has been termed unique by some and, although this study argues that Siena's supposed `high-tech' system was typical of the hill towns of central Italy, the city was an innovation. With a great deal of source material ...
Hardback. Price GB £55.00

Apocalypse in Rome: Cola di Rienzo...
Schechter, Ronald
Few people will have heard of Cola di Rienzo although he was one of the most ambitious reformers of the 14th century whose rise to power in Rome was driven by his determination to reform the civil life of the city and bring back a Golden Age. This biography of the man is set firmly within the context of 14th-century Italy although the introduction does discuss his legacy and later fame as a hero of nationalism and an icon bridging the gap between ...
Hardback. Price GB £40.00

Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina
Elliott, Janis
The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina in Naples was built in the early 14th century for a group of Clarissan nuns who belonged to the Franciscan Order by Queen Mary of Hungary, the wife of Charles II of Anjou. A relatively rare example of aristocratic convent architecture the church and its interior, and its wall paintings in particular, are discussed in detail in this collection of essays. Issues of architecture, sculpture, decoration, ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.00

Communities and Crisis: Bologna During the Black Death
Wray, Shona Kelly
Arguing against medieval chroniclers' accounts of massive social, political, and religious breakdown, this examination of the immediate experience of the Black Death, based on notarial records - including over a thousand testaments - demonstrates resilience during the crisis. The notarial record reveals the activities and decisions of large numbers of individuals and families in the city and provides a reconstruction of the behavior of clergy, ...
Hardback. Price GB £94.00

Cultural Atlas of the Renaissance
Black, C.F
Introductory essyas and useful maps. 240p, many col illus (Prentice Hall 1993)
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £35.00, Our Price GB £12.95

Dante and the City
Keen, Catherine
Dante is said to have had a love/hate relationship with the city of Florence, his place of birth in 1265, and the place from which he was exiled whilst only in his mid-thirties for his political views. Catherine Keen explores the central theme of city and political matters in Dante's works and especially in the Commedia. She argues that Dante used the city as a `point of reference in his examination of how and why individuals and societies ...
Paperback. Price GB £19.99

Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion
Stuard, S M
Oxbow says: The unfortunate lack of any full length mirrors in fourteenth century Italy (they did not appear until the next century) may well have led to the then extremely fashionable looking completely ridiculous in view of the later trends for more refined and less blatant garb. The tendency to dress oneself with an apparent disregard for the effects of an 'outfit', as opposed to those of the individual components of the chosen attire ...
Hardback. Price GB £39.00

How Fra Angelico and Signorelli Saw the End of the World
Gilbert, Creighton
In 1447 Fra Angelico received a commission to paint the interior of the Capella Nuova in the Cathedral of Orvieto in central Italy. The subject chosen was the end of the world and the Last Judgement which filled the high vaulted ceiling, the altar and side walls and the inner and outer bays. After a period of intermission from 1448 to 1449, the work was completed by Luca Signorelli. This stunning mural cycle forms the focus of this book but, ...
Hardback. Price GB £69.95