“lauro martines”

Written by a respected Renaissance scholar, this book reads like a novel as it tells the story of one of history's most ruthless bosses.One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the vibrant--and violent--society of fifteenth-century Florence. His disturbing narra... More

A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, this work presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable man who dominated the period, the charismatic Savonarola.A gripping and beautifully written narrative that read... More

A riveting new book about Savonarola, " a lowly friar" of Renaissance Florence, but also a charismatic preacher and the talk of all Italy in the 1490s when he called for the renewal of a corrupt Church and the purging of vile governments. "From the Hardcover edition."... More

This unique collection offers six tales as enticing views into the history of Renaissance Italy, with fiction and fictional modes thus becoming gateways to a real, historical world. All written between 1400 and 1500-- among them a rare gem by Lorenzo the Magnificent and a famous account featuring Fi... More

Strong Words is a social history of the Italian Renaissance (1300--1560) in a cultural key. Using tales, poems, prayers, and letters as primary sources, Lauro Martines probes religious sensibilities, love, alienation, explosive feeling against political authority, the moral strains of patronage, and... More

The Floating Borderlands celebrates the emergence of a potent force on the American literary scene: the coming of age of contemporary Hispanic writers. The Americas Review -- the pioneering journal of Hispanic literary arts, which has nurtured the early careers of many now-famous authors -- celebrat... More