- Baldo, Volume 1, Books I-XII
- Teofilo Folengo
- Translated by Ann E. Mullaney
- Folengo (1491-1544) was a native of Mantua and a member of the Benedictine order, later to become a runaway monk and satirist. Blending Latin and various Italian dialects in a deliberately droll manner, Baldo follows a sort of French royal juvenile delinquent through imprisonment, fantastical adventures, and a journey to the underworld. This edition provides the first English translation of this hilarious send-up of the ancient epic and Renaissance chivalric romance traditions.
- Hardcover 2007
- Biographical Writings
- Giannozzo Manetti
- Edited and translated by Stefano U. Baldassarri
- Edited and translated by Rolf Bagemihl
- The Renaissance recovery of ancient biographical writers such as Plutarch, Suetonius, and Jerome led to a wave of imitations by Renaissance authors from Petrarch to Machiavelli. The orator, diplomat, and statesman Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459), an expert in Greek and Hebrew as well as Latin, was among the leading humanist biographers of the Renaissance. This collection brings together his famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socratesand Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period.
- Hardcover 2003
- Ciceronian Controversies
- Edited by JoAnn DellaNeva
- Translated by Brian Duvick
- The main literary dispute of the Renaissance pitted those Neo-Latin writers favoring Cicero alone as the apotheosis of Latin prose against those following an eclectic array of literary models. This Ciceronian controversy pervades the texts and letters collected for the first time in this volume. Addressing some of the most fundamental aspects of literary production, these quarrels shed light on similar debates about vernacular literature concerning imitation and the role of the author.
- Hardcover 2007
- Commentaries on Plato, Volume 1, Phaedrus and Ion
- Marsilio Ficino
- Edited and translated by Michael J. B. Allen
- Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. This volume contains Ficino’s extended analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus.
- Hardcover 2008
- Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance
- John M. Riddle
- John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth century with forays into Victorian England. His findings will be useful to anyone interested in learning whether it was possible for premodern people to regulate their reproduction without resorting to the extremities of dangerous surgical abortions, the killing of infants, or the denial of biological urges.
- Hardcover 1992 / Paperback
- The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
- Edward Muir
- In this book, Muir explores an era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated libertine morals, critiqued the tyranny of aristocratic fathers over their daughters, and expanded the theatrical potential of grand opera. In so doing, he reveals the distinguished past of today's culture wars, including debates about the place of women in society, the clash between science and faith, and the power of the arts to stir emotions.
- Hardcover 2007
- Defenders of the Text
- Anthony Grafton
- This book traces the relationship between humanism and science from the mid-fifteenth century to the beginning of the modern period and demonstrates that humanism was neither a simple nor an impractical enterprise, but worked hand-in-hand with science in developing modern learning.
- Hardcover 1991 / Paperback
- Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought
- Margaret Meserve
- Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from--and contributed to--contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
- Hardcover 2008
- Essays and Dialogues
- Bartolomeo Scala
- Translated by Renée Neu Watkins
- Introduction by Alison Brown
- From humble beginnings, Scala (1430–1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence. This volume collects works from throughout his career that show his acquaintance with recently rediscovered ancient writers, and the influence of fellow humanists such as Marsilio Ficino, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.
- Hardcover 2008
- Famous Women
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Translated by Virginia Brown
- The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.
- Paperback 2003
- Friendship, Love, and Trust in Renaissance Florence
- Dale Kent
- Kent explores the meaning of love and friendship as they were represented in the fifteenth century, particularly the relationship between heavenly and human friendship.
- Hardcover 2009
- Government and Community
- J. R. Lander
- Hardcover 1980 / Paperback
- A History of Private Life, Volume III, Passions of the Renaissance
- Series edited by Phillippe Ariès
- Series edited by Georges Duby
- Roger Chartier, Volume editor
- Arthur Goldhammer, Translator
- Readers interested in history, and in the development of the modern sensibility, will relish this large-scale yet intimately detailed examination of the blossoming of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This third in the popular five-volume series celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centuries.
- Hardcover 1989 / Paperback
- History of Venice, Volume 1, Books I-IV
- Pietro Bembo
- Edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery
- Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. The History of Venice was published after Bembo's death, in Latin and in his own Italian version. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it available for the first time in English translation.
- Hardcover 2007
- History of Venice, Volume 2, Books V-VIII
- Pietro Bembo
- Edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery
- Bembo (1470–1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. Named official historian of Venice in 1529, Bembo began to compose in Latin his continuation of the city’s history in twelve books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. The History of Venice was published after Bembo’s death. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it available for the first time in English translation.
- Hardcover 2008
- History of Venice, Volume 3, Books IX-XII
- Pietro Bembo
- Edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery
- Much of Bembo’s work is devoted to the external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states and with the Turks in the East. The History of Venice was published after his death, in Latin and in his own Italian version. This edition, completed by this third volume, makes it available for the first time in English translation.
- Hardcover 2008
- A History of Women in the West, Volume III, Renaissance and the Enlightenment Paradoxes
- Series edited by Georges Duby
- Series edited by Michelle Perrot
- Natalie Zemon Davis, Editor
- Arlette Farge, Editor
- Arthur Goldhammer, Translator
- This book draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in the contexts of work, marriage, and family.
- Paperback / Hardcover
- History of the Florentine People, Volume 1, Books I-IV
- Leonardo Bruni
- Edited and translated by James Hankins
- Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). His History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered to be the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.
- Hardcover 2001
- History of the Florentine People, Volume 2, Books V-VIII
- Leonardo Bruni
- Edited and translated by James Hankins
- Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.
- Hardcover 2004
- History of the Florentine People, Volume 3, Books IX-XII. Memoirs
- Leonardo Bruni
- Edited and translated by James Hankins
- Translated by D. J. W. Bradley
- Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. His History of the Florentine People is generally considered the first modern work of history. This third volume concludes the edition, the first to make the work available in English translation. It includes Bruni's Memoirs, an autobiographical account of the events of his lifetime, and cumulative indexes to the complete work.
- Hardcover 2007
- Humanist Educational Treatises
- Translated by Craig W. Kallendorf
- This volume provides new translations, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, of four of the most important theoretical statements that emerged from the early humanists’ efforts to reform medieval education.
- Paperback 2008
- The Humanist-Scholastic Debate in the Renaissance and the Reformation
- Erika Rummel
- In the last half of the fifteenth century, the classic Platonic debate over the respective merits of rhetoric and philosophy was replayed in the debate between humanists and scholastics over philology and dialectic. The intense dispute between representatives of the two camps fueled many of the most important intellectual developments of the Renaissance and Reformation.
- Paperback 1998 / Hardcover
- Invectives
- Francesco Petrarca
- Edited and translated by David Marsh
- Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. His four Invectives were intended to revive the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine and the dominance of French culture in general. This volume provides a new critical edition of the Latin text based on the two autograph copies, and the first English translation of three of the four invectives.
- Hardcover 2004
- Invectives
- Francesco Petrarca
- Translated by David Marsh
- Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch’s four Invectives, written in Latin, were inspired by the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The new translations in this volume include the first English translation of three of the four invectives.
- Paperback 2008
- Italy Illuminated, Volume 1, Books I-IV
- Biondo Flavio
- Edited and translated by Jeffrey A. White
- Flavio, humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. While serving a number of the Renaissance popes, he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history, institutions, cultural life, and physical remains of the ancient Roman empire. The Italia Illustrata, which appears here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. Its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world. As such, it is the quintessential work of Renaissance antiquarianism.
- Hardcover 2005
- Later Travels
- Cyriac of Ancona
- Edited and translated by Edward W. Bodnar
- Cyriac of Ancona was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. Cyriac's accounts of his travels, with their commentary reflecting his wide-ranging antiquarian, political, religious, and commercial interests, provide a fascinating record of the encounter of the Renaissance world with the legacy of classical antiquity. The Latin texts assembled for this edition have been newly edited and most of them appear here for the first time in English.
- Hardcover 2004
- Life in Renaissance France
- Lucien Febvre
- Paperback
- Lives of the Popes, Volume 1, Antiquity
- Bartolomeo Platina
- Edited and translated by Anthony F. D'Elia
- Imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II Platina (1421–1481) returned to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, and composed his most famous work, a biographical compendium of the Roman popes from St. Peter down to his own time. The work critically synthesized a wide range of sources and became the standard reference work on papal history for early modern Europe. This edition contains the first complete translation into English and an improved Latin text.
- Hardcover 2008
- New Worlds, Ancient Texts
- Anthony Grafton
- April Shelford, With
- Nancy Siraisi, With
- Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield.
- Paperback / Hardcover
- On the Donation of Constantine
- Lorenzo Valla
- Translated by G. W. Bowersock
- Valla (1407–1457) was the leading theorist of the Renaissance humanist movement. In On the Donation of Constantine he uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy’s claims to temporal rule, in a brilliant analysis that is often seen as marking the beginning of modern textual criticism. This volume provides a new translation with introduction and notes by Bowersock.
- Paperback 2008
- Platonic Theology, Volume 4, Books XII-XIV
- Marsilio Ficino
- Translated by Michael J. B. Allen
- Edited by James Hankins
- Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. His Platonic evangelizing was eminently successful and widely influential, and his Platonic Theology, translated into English for the first time in this edition, is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance.
- Hardcover 2004
- Platonic Theology, Volume 5, Books XV-XVI
- Marsilio Ficino
- Translated by Michael J. B. Allen
- Edited by James Hankins
- The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Ficino, the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. His Platonic evangelizing was eminently successful and widely influential, and his Platonic Theology, translated into English for the first time in this edition, is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance. This is the fifth of a projected six volumes.
- Hardcover 2005
- Platonic Theology, Volume 6, Books XVII-XVIII
- Marsilio Ficino
- Translated by Michael J. B. Allen
- Edited by James Hankins
- The Platonic Theology is the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino, the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. He was committed to reconciling Platonism with Christianity, in the hope that such a reconciliation would initiate a spiritual revival and return of the golden age. This book is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance.
- Hardcover 2006
- The Pope, His Banker, and Venice
- Felix Gilbert
- This study is a story of how several men worked, intrigued, and made business deals against the backdrop of an Italy invaded by continental countries and England. As a dramatic account that brings together diplomacy, war, business, and politics, this book is unique. It juxtaposes differing institutional structures and the various political ways among Italy's city states; it also brings into sharp focus the new men of the Renaissance.
- Hardcover 1980 / Paperback 1991
- Renaissance Genres
- Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, Editor
- Hardcover 1986 / Paperback
- The Renaissance of Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Italy
- Anthony F. D'Elia
- Weddings in fifteenth-century Italian courts were grand, sumptuous affairs that often required guests to listen attentively to lengthy orations given in Latin. In this book, Anthony D'Elia shows how Italian humanists used these orations to support claims of legitimacy and assertions of superiority among families jockeying for power, as well as to advocate for marriage and sexual pleasure.
- Hardcover 2005
- The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
- Haskins
- Paperback
- Short Epics
- Maffeo Vegio
- Edited and translated by Michael C. J. Putnam
- Edited and translated by James Hankins
- Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's Aeneid, Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works.
- Hardcover 2004
- Silvae
- Angelo Poliziano
- Edited and translated by Charles Fantazzi
- Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his contemporaries writing in Italian.
- Hardcover 2004
- Writings on Church and Reform
- Nicholas of Cusa
- Translated by Thomas M. Izbicki
- Nicholas of Cusa(1401–1464), a polymath who studied canon law and became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was widely considered the most important original philosopher of the Renaissance. He wrote principally on speculative theology, philosophy, and church politics. This volume makes most of Nicholas’s other writings on Church and reform available in English for the first time.
- Hardcover 2008