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1、THESTORYOFCIVILIZATION(tm)Ver.4.85:TheRenaissanceDurant,Will---------------------------------------------------------THESTORYOFCIVILIZATIONVOLUMEFIVETHERENAISSANCE1953AHistoryofCivilizationinItalyfrom1304-1576A.D.byWillDurantCopyright(C)1953byWillDurantCopyrightrenewed(C)1981Exclusiveelectronicr
2、ightsgrantedtoWorldLibrary,Inc.byTheEthelB.DurantTrust,WilliamJamesDurantEaston,andMonicaArielMihell.ElectronicallyEnhancedText(c)Copyright1994WorldLibrary,Inc.DEDICATION-TOMYWIFEWhohassharedinahundredwaysinwritingthisbookTOTHEREADER-THISvolume,whilecompleteandindependentinitself,formsPartVinahi
3、storyofcivilizationwrittenonthe"integralmethod"ofunitinginonenarrativeallphasesofhumanactivity.Theseriesbeganin1935withOurOrientalHeritage*05000ahistoryofEgyptandtheNearandMiddleEastto323B.C.,andofIndia,China,andJapanto1930.PartII,TheLifeofGreece(1939),recordedGreekhistoryandculturefromthebeginn
4、ings,andthehistoryoftheNearandMiddleEastfrom323B.C.,totheRomanConquestin146B.C.PartIII,CaesarandChrist(1944),carriedthestoryofwhitecivilizationtoA.D.325,centeredaroundtheriseandfallofRome,andthefirstcenturiesofChristianity.PartIV,TheAgeofFaith(1950),continuedthenarrativeto1300,includingByzantine
5、civilization,Islam,Judaism,andLatinChristendom.ThepresentworkaimstogivearoundedpictureofallphasesofhumanlifeintheItalyoftheRenaissance-fromthebirthofPetrarchin1304tothedeathofTitianin1576.Theterm"Renaissance"willinthisbookreferonlytoItaly.Theworddoesnotproperlyapplytosuchnativematurations,rather
6、thanexoticrebirths,astookplaceinFrance,Spain,England,andtheLowlandsinthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies;andeveninItalythedesignationlaysunduestressonthatrevivalofclassicletterswhichwasoflessimportancetoItalythantheripeningofitseconomyandcultureintotheirowncharacteristicforms.Inordertoavoidasupe
7、rficialrepetitionoftheexcellentbooksalreadyinprintonthissubject,thescaleoftreatmenthasbeenenlargedascomparedwiththepreviousvolumesintheseries.Moreover,asweapproachourownepochourinterestsaremorewidelyengaged;westillfeelinourb
