Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XI
4. Part I. Foundations of Humanism
5. A. The Classical and Medieval Antecedents of Humanism
6. 1. Renaissance Humanism and Classical Antiquity 5
7. 2. The Renaissance Idea of Christian Antiquity: Humanist Patristic Scholarship 17
8. 3. Medieval Italian Culture and the Origins of Humanism as a Stylistic Ideal 29
9. B. Petrarch and the Humanist Traditions
10. 4. Petrarch, Cicero, and the Classical Pagan Tradition 71
11. 5. Petrarch, Augustine, and the Classical Christian Tradition 95
12. 6. Petrarch, Dante, and the Medieval Tradition 115
13. Part II. Italian Humanism
14. A. Humanism in the Major City-States of Quattrocento Italy
15. 7. The Significance of "Civic Humanism" in the Interpretation of the Italian Renaissance 141
16. 8. Humanism in Florence 175
17. 9. Humanism in Venice 209
18. 10. Humanism in Milan 235
19. 11. Humanism in Rome 264
20. 12. Humanism in Naples 296
21. Β. Italy's Leading Humanist
22. 13. Lorenzo Valla 332
23. C. Humanist Culture and the Margins of Society
24. 14. Italian Humanism and the Byzantine Emigré Scholars 350
25. 15. The Italian Renaissance and Jewish Thought 382
26. 16. Book-Lined Cells: Women and Humanism in the Early Italian Renaissance 434
27. Contributors to Volume 1 455
28. Index to Volumes 1-3 457