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1888. A volume from Symonds' major work, Renaissance in Italy, which appeared in seven volumes at intervals between 1875 and 1886. Contents: The Spirit of the Renaissance; Italian History; The Age of the Despots; The Republics; The Florentine Historians; The Prince of Machiavelli; The Popes of the Renaissance; The Church and Morality; Savonarola; and Charles VIII. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Facsimile reprint of "Renaissance in Italy, Part 1: The Catholic Reaction," 1886 edition.