THIS VOLUME covers the years of Naples' preeminent position as capital of both Aragonese and Hapsburg empires in Italy. Beginning with the turmoil under the last Angevin monarchs, the editors present documents that trace the city's reception of humanist literature, philosophy and the visual arts, its expansion as an example of Renaissance city planning, and its spectacular growth at the beginning of the modern era.
Paperback. App. 400 pp. Illustrated, introductions, bibliographies, index.
ISBN: 0-934977-51-8.
Forthcoming: June 2007
Price: $25.00
