The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 174
dy past. Milan,the cradle of Italian liberty, had already succumbedto the despotism of the Sforza, who soon extendedtheir power over Genoa; at Mantua the Gonzaghihad now established their sovereignty, at Ferrarathe House of Este, at Eologna the Rentivoglio; and while Siena had sunk,through civil… … 76 FLORENCE. of one family—that of the Medici. But, in spite of the political lassitudewhich evidently lay behind this general decay of liberty and growth ofdespotism through Italy, the old spirit of freedom was not dead : in artthe story of Judith is at this time a frequent subject, in the study…
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