Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800, by Eric Cochrane.
A History of Florence and the Florentines in the Age of the Grand Dukes. Hardcover and Dust Jacket – First Edition - Published by The University of Chicago Press – 1973. ISBN: 0-226-11150-4 and Library of Congress Catalog Number: 72-90628. 593 Pages which Includes the Index.
The city of Florence has long been admired as the home of the brilliant artistic and literary achievement of the early Renaissance. But most histories of Florence go no further than the first decades of the sixteenth century. They thus give the impression that Florentine culture suddenly died with the generation of Leonardo, Machiavelli, and Andrea del Sarto.
Eric Cochrane shows that the Florentines maintained their creativity long after they had lost their position as the cultural leaders of Europe. When their political philosophy and historiography ran dry, they turned to the practical problems of civil administration. When their artists finally yielded to outside influence, they turned to music and the natural sciences. Even during the darkest days of the great economic depression of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, they succeeded in preserving—almost alone in Europe—the blessings of external peace and domestic tranquility.
Dust Jacket shows some fade due to sun exposure and several small markings which has protected the book as it should. The book hardcovers look like new, binding is tight, corners are square and does not have any markings or creases within the book. Has black-and-white illustrations and or reproductions.
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Book Size: 9.75" x 7.00"x 1.50” Approx.