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" Plague and pleasure : "
Arthur White ; foreword by Michael Lewis
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BL
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598854
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b428073
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| Main Entry
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White, Arthur,1942-
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Plague and pleasure : : the renaissance world of Pius II /\ Arthur White ; foreword by Michael Lewis
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xxii, 407 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 23 cm
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9780813226811
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: 0813226813
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index
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| Contents
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The myth of the Renaissance -- The four horsemen -- Corsignano and Siena -- The exile -- The cleric -- The road to Mantua -- Renaissance chivalry -- Mantua and after -- The political pope -- A room of one's own -- Plague and pleasure : 1462 -- The age of spectacle -- Pienza -- Urban dreams -- Visits to antiquity -- Villas and gardens -- The Crusade -- The art of copiousness -- Conclusion : Pius and his period
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Pius, II,1405-1464
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Renaissance
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Europe, History, 476-1492
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282.092
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BX1308.W45 2014
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