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The Sincere Body: The Performance of Weeping and Emotion in Late Medieval Italian Sermons

Medievalists.net — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:58:05 +0000

In 1493 the well-known and controversial Franciscan preacher Bernardino of Feltre gave a series of Lenten sermons to the people of Pavia. On March 11 he dedicated an entire sermon to the necessity of contrition—or perfect sorrow over sin—in the rite of confession.

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Flee the loathsome shadow: Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) and the Medici in Florence

Medievalists.net — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 23:30:30 +0000

This article examines the changing political landscape of Medicean Florence, from Cosimo de’ Medici (1389-1464) to his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492), through the letters of the celebrated neo-Platonist philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99).

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BOOKS: The Feuding Families of Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Medievalists.net — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:36:35 +0000

Put down the Godfather, turn off the Sorpanos, and check out the real Italian families of Medieval and Renaissance Italy!

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