The first modern study of the history of medieval Rome, translated between 1894 and 1902 from the fourth German edition.

The first modern study of the history of medieval Rome, translated between 1894 and 1902 from the fourth German edition.

The city of Urbino is encircled by walls, it rises in layers - Roman, then medieval, and then the crowning achievement of the Renaissance. This work considers many of its ...

The papacy has often resembled a secular European monarchy more than a divinely inspired institution. Roman pontiffs bestowed great wealth on their families and forged ...

In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non ...