COTTERILL, HENRY BERNARD. Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300–1600). il *$5 Stokes 945
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This volume follows “Medieval Italy during a thousand years,” published in 1915. It is a review of the political history of Italy from 1300–1600 “as viewed from the standpoint of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries.” (Subtitle)
“We should be inclined to trust Mr Cotterill further in art than in literature. His style improves noticeably as he proceeds, and he lays aside to some extent his irritating habit of breaking into the historic present on the slightest provocation. As a whole the book is thoroughly sound and useful. The photographs are suitably chosen, and there are good chronological tables, lists of artists and genealogies of the chief reigning houses.” L. C.-M.
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“The great mass of materials relating to a disorganized country and to the achievements in art are so interwoven as to form a scholarly, clear whole.”
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“The author has adopted an excellent and satisfactory plan for compassing his enormous field and clarifying the immense detail that goes to make up the history of these perhaps most significant centuries in the world’s history. The book was evidently written during the war and the author is frequently rather amusingly, pleased to find German authorities in error.” B. B. Amram
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