The celebrity of the Humanists: Petrarch 141
Cultus of the famous men of antiquity 143
Widened application of the word 'Renaissance' 171
Latin poetry of the twelfth century in Italy 173
Nicholas V., and Pius II. as an antiquarian 180
Affiliation of families and cities on Rome 182
Their diffusion in the fourteenth century 187
Position of the Humanists at the Universities 211
Florentine citizens: Niccoli and Manetti 217
THE REPRODUCTION OF ANTIQUITY. LATIN CORRESPONDENCE AND ORATIONS.
Political, diplomatic, and funeral orations 236
Researches on the Middle Ages: Blondus 245
Histories in Italian; their antique spirit 246
Epic poems on ancient history: The 'Africa' 258
FALL OF THE HUMANISTS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
The accusations and the amount of truth they contained 272
Attitude of the Church towards natural science 290
Zoology and collections of foreign animals 293
Petrarch and his ascents of mountains 301
THE DISCOVERY OF MAN.--SPIRITUAL DESCRIPTION IN POETRY.
Popular psychological ground-work. The temperaments 309
Scenic splendour, the enemy of the drama 316
Necessary subordination of the descriptions of character 323
Descriptions in the sixteenth century 339
Conventional bucolic poetry from the time of Petrarch 350
Genuine poetic treatment of country life 351
Battista Mantovano, Lorenzo Magnifico, Pulci 352
Pico della Mirandola on the dignity of man 354
Common life of nobles and burghers in the cities 359
The nobles in different parts of Italy 362
The tournaments and the caricature of them 365
Noble birth as a requisite of the courtier 367
LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
Lorenzo's descriptions of his own circle 387
His outward and spiritual accomplishments 389
Their origin in the mystery and the procession 406
Historical representatives of abstractions 409
Italian consciousness of demoralization 432
The passion for gambling and for vengeance 436
General emancipation from moral restraints 446
Relations of the Italian to the Church 457
Hatred of the hierarchy and the monks 458
Their regulation by the police at Ferrara 487
RELIGION AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE.
The beginnings of religious criticism 501
MIXTURE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN SUPERSTITIONS.
Influence and limits of Northern witchcraft 528