The Makers of Florence
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola, and Their City The history of Florence has been often written, and in many ways. In the life-like annals of the old chroniclers, who set down with vigorous simplicity, what they themselves did and heard and saw; and in the more philosophical narratives, compilations, and collections, made with elaborate care and judgment, which make the study of Italian history more grateful than most researches of the kind; the tale of her greatness and of her weakness has been told over and over again, from each man´s different point of view. Some have occupied themselves with the art story of the city - an aspect of her life which is full of the deepest interest; others have devoted themselves to the varied strifes which have rent her in pieces - chronicling the casting out and taking back of her successive exiles, and her own often blind and foolish struggle against supposed tyrannical attempts, and confused misapprehension of her true safety and interest. Others, again, have treated Florence as but one actor in the great drama of Italian history. There is enough material for all; and even the fragmentary efforts contained in this volume - "short swallow flights" of biographical essay - do not, I hope, require apology, so rich is the ground in all directions, so tempting to the writer, so full of pleasant illustration of the life and meaning of the great past. I do not promise the reader that he will find any consecutive history of Florence in the following pages; for new histories are scarcely needed, nor is the present writer qualified to undertake such a task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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