A Sudden Terror : : The Plot to Murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / / Anthony F. D'Elia.
D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Carnival to Lent
- 2. The Price of Magnificence
- 3. Lessons of Rebellions Past
- 4. A Pagan Renaissance: Sodomy and the Classical Tradition
- 5. Consorting with the Enemy: Mehmet II and the Ottoman Threat
- 6. The Emperor's Tomb
- 7. Humanism Imprisoned
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Select Bibliography
- Index