Biondo Flavio's Italia Illustrata

Contributor(s): Castner, Catherine J (Author)

ISBN: 9781586842550

Publisher: Distribution Partners

Binding Types:

Paperback

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Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

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Pub Date: January 1, 2005

Dewey: 911.45

LCCN: 2005022178

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 8.90" L x 5.90" W ( 1.49 lbs) 421 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Europe | Renaissance | Italy

Series: Global Academic Publishing

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: An English translation of Biondo Flavio's Italia Illustrata, with commentary.

Brief description: Cathering J. Castner is Professor of Classics in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Review Quotes:

"...begins with an informative introduction to the life and works of Biondo Flavio, with a particular focus on Biondo's method in constructing the Italy Illuminated ... Scholars will ... want to take advantage of Castner's copious explanatory notes." -- Renaissance Quarterly

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