2011 Winner of the Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize of the Renaissance Society of
America Naples in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries managed to maintain a distinct …

This book is an examination of the nature of the governments of towns and cities, great and
small, in Renaissance Italy, and of why oligarchic regimes were becoming increasingly …

Did ordinary Italians have a 'Renaissance'? This book presents the first in-depth exploration
of how artisans and small local traders experienced the material and cultural Renaissance …

The ability to play freely in our cities is essential for sustainable wellbeing. When integrated
successfully into our cities, Urban Play performs an important role; physically, socially and …

This chapter unpacks three spatial registers of spatial representations, of spatial scale and
relational space, and the lived space of sociality, to suggest how different spaces shape …

A History of Siena provides a concise and up-to-date biography of the city, from its ancient
and medieval development up to the present day, and makes Siena's history, culture, and …

Jane Tylus's Siena is a compelling and intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often
overlooked by travelers to Italy. Cultural history, intellectual memoir, travelogue, and …

Drawing on a combination of primary and secondary sources, this chapter will examine the
nature and reach of reformed religious ideas in 16th-century Siena. Surveying the current …

The landscapes of fifteenth century Italy are a rich archive of cultural and social life.
Examining the way space impinged on, and was produced in, a wide range of fifteenth …

This thesis examines the carnal sin of sodomy in early modern Florence, Italy (1432–1600).
More specifically, this project investigates one particular sodomitical locale: the San Niccolò …