In this 7 hour audiobook, John Pruskin Ph.D. explores the grand age of the renaissance.
Starting from a general view of the economic, cultural and political climate of western Europe, Pruskin then takes us south to where the ideal of the renaissance holds the most sway over our collective imaginations: Italy.
Explore the world of the great banking dynasty of the Medici family; patrons of the arts responsible for the commissioning of some of the greatest works in the history of western art.
Read through the notebooks of the great renaissance painter, sculpture and scientist Leonardo Davinci.
Thrill to the new direction music takes in a one hour lecture Music of The Renaissance. (See details and listing of musical examples below).
Carve marble and spend five years painting the ceiling of Sistine chapel with Michelangelo.
Catch a glimpse into the inner workings and politics of the Vatican, and the popes who controlled it.
Finally, take a gondola ride through the streets of Venice and explore the thriving and exciting sea borne commercial heart of the renaissance era.
An addendum to Pruskin’s Survey of Ancient History and History of The Middle Ages.
CONTENTS
Medieval Economy In Transition
The Growth Of Capitalism In Italian Commerce, Industry, And Banking
Growth Of Capital
The Sedentary Merchant
Partnerships And Firms
Credit, Banking, And Exchange
Bookkeeping
Capital In Industry
The Wollen Industry In Florence
Social Effects Of Capitalism
The Growth Of Capitalism In Northern Commerce And Industry
The Netherlands: Commerce and
Industry
Enland: The Wool Trade
The Cloth Industry
The London Companies
Hanseatic Commerce
South German Capitalists
The Fuggers
Capital And Government
The Break Up Of The Manorial System
Demesne Farming Abandoned
Labor Services Commuted
Serfs Emancipated
Peasant Conditions
Landlords Impoverished
The Age Of The Renaissance In Italy
Renaissance Society
Urban Society
The Secular Spirit
Individualism
The Ideal Of The Complete Personality
Violent Contrasts
Evolution Of The Italian States To 1494
Italy In The Fourteenth Century
Character Of The Despots
Condottiere
Expansion Of The States
Milan
Venice
Florence
The States Of The Church
Naples
Italy On The Eve Of The Invasions
The Literary Renaissance
Beginnings Of Italian Literature
Dante, Petrach, Boccaccio
The Revival Of Antiquity
Humanists
Restoration Of Classical Latin
Search For Manuscripts
The Revival Of Greek
The Critical Spirit
The Revival Of Italian Poetry
Italian Prose
The Artistic Renaissance
The Status Of The Artist
Painting
The Great Masters
Sculpture
Architecture
Music
The Waning Of The Middle Ages And The Renaissance In The North
Decay Of Medieval Institutions
Decay Of Feudalism
Nobles Lose Monopoly Of Fighting
Economic Decline Of The Nobles
The Decline Of Chivalry
Tournaments And Orders Of Chivalry
Decay Of The Universal Church
Rise Of Centralized Territorial States
Centralization And Consolidation
Economic Control
National Culture
National Sentiment
Break Up Of The Unity Of Christendom
The New Piety In The North
Germany And The Netherlands
The Mystics
Mysticism In Germany
The Dutch Mystics
The Renaissance Crosses The Alps
Invention Of Printing
It’s Effects
Second Generation Of Humanists
Christian Humanism
Reuchlin
Lefevre D’Etaples
Colet And More
Erasmus
Greek New Testament
Erasmian Reform
The Fine Arts And Music
Illumination In Northern France
Flemish Painting
German Painting
Sculpture
Music
Florence Of The Medici
The World Of Leonardo Davinci
The World Of Michelangelo
The Popes
The Merchants Of Venice
Renaissance Music Parts 1 And 2
Music of the Renaissance 1480-1600
Part 1
Anthony Roolley talks about the musical renaissance in Europe and traces the spread of the Flemish School through France to Italy. The musical examples are as follows:
Regina Coeli Laetare- Josquin Despres Flemish Polyphonic Motete C. 1500
Le Souvenir De Vous- Robert Morton. Frenc Chanson In Rondeau Form C. 1470
La, La, La, L’oysillon Du Bois- Jean Mouton. French Chanson In Free Form C. 1505
Se’ben Nor Non Scopro Il Foco- Bartolomeo Tromboncino. Italian Frottola C.1500 Soprano Solo And Lute.
Danza Alta- Francisco De La Toree. Instrumental Basse Danse. C. 1485. Lute, 2 Vls. Piva- Goivanni Ambrosio Dalza. Drone Dance 1508. Lute Duet.
Sentomi La Formicula- Filippo Azzailolo. Italian Villotta 1557 ATTB Voices, Complete.
Mille Volte Il Di Moro- Carlo Gesualdo. Italian Madrigal C. 1595 SATTB Voices Complete.
Sanctus- Giovanni Palestrian Mass Section 1585. Ssattb Voices.
Part 2
The discussion concentrates on the English renaissance, and shows how the Flemish style was absorbed by English composers. The musical examples are as follows:
Loquebantur Variis Linguis- Thomas Tallis. Cantus Firmus Respond. Complete
Blame Not My Lute- Wyatt/Anon. English Poem Described As A Song, Set To An Italian Popular Tune. Soprano And Lute.
Fantasi A6- William Byrd. Viol Consort Song 1558 Tenor, 4 Viols,
Sleep Wayward Thoughts- John Dowland English Lute Song 1597, Tenor, Lute And Bass Viol.
Rest Awhile You And Cares- John Dowland. English Four Part Ayre. 1597. SATB Voices, Lute.
Can She Excuse- Hohn Dowland. Galliard Song Arranged For Mixed Consort 1599
Watkin’s Ale – Anon. Broadside Ballad 1595.
Out From The Vale- John Ward. English Madrigal SSSATB Voices.
All People That On Earth- John Dowland. Psalm A4 C.1590, SATB Voices.
