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The Pope's Elephant
Silvio A. Bedini
出版J. S. Sanders & Company, 1998
主題Biography & Autobiography / ReligiousHistory / GeneralHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / Europe / ItalyHistory / WorldReligion / Christianity / History
ISBN18799414149781879941410
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1K68uQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Rome, 1514. It is the high summer of the Italian Renaissance. The Turks have extinguished Constantinople, Rome's thousand-year rival. The ships of Portugal and Spain are gaining access to "new" worlds both east and west. Architects, craftsmen and artists - Bramante, Michelangelo and Raphael among themswarm for commissions to rebuild and embellish the long-derelict city. The Eternal City is once again the undisputed center of Christendom. So what on earth is the pope doing with a baby white elephant?" "In this tour de force of original scholarship, Silvio Bedini gives us an elephant's-back view of early modern Europe unlike any we have seen before."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved