105
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States of the Nipoti in Romagna
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107
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Cardinals belonging to princely houses
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107
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Innocent VIII. and his son
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108
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Alexander VI. as a Spaniard
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109
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Relations with foreign countries
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110
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Simony
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111
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Cæsar Borgia and his relations to his father
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111
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Cæsar’s plans and acts
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112
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Julius II. as Saviour of the Papacy
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117
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Leo X. His relations with other States
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120
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Adrian VI.
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121
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Clement VII. and the sack of Rome
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122
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Reaction consequent on the latter
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123
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The Papacy of the Counter-Reformation
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124
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Conclusion. The Italian patriots
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125
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PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
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CHAPTER I. THE ITALIAN STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL.
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The mediæval man
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129
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The awakening of personality
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129
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The despot and his subjects
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130
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Individualism in the Republics
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131
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Exile and cosmopolitanism
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132
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CHAPTER II. THE PERFECTING OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
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The many-sided men
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134
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The universal men
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136
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CHAPTER III. THE MODERN IDEA OF FAME.
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Dante’s feeling about fame
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139
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The celebrity of the Humanists: Petrarch
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141
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Cultus of birthplace and graves
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142
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Cultus of the famous men of antiquity
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143
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Literature of local fame: Padua
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143
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Literature of universal fame
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146
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Fame given or refused by the writers
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150
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Morbid passion for fame
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152
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CHAPTER IV. MODERN WIT AND SATIRE.
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Its connection with individualism
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154
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Florentine wit: the novel
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155
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Jesters and buffoons
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156
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Leo X. and his witticisms
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157
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