This book complains that "the use of perfumes went beyond all reasonable limits," citing the example of festival days on which even the mules "were treated with scents and ointments."
This book complains that "the use of perfumes went beyond all reasonable limits," citing the example of festival days on which even the mules "were treated with scents and ointments." Frederick II is called the "first ruler of the modern type who sat upon a throne," in this book, which attributes his efficiency to close acquaintance with the "administration of Saracenic states." This book notes at one time, "both sides of human consciousness lay dreaming or half awake beneath a common veil," a condition that changed when political circumstances made it possible for man to became a "spiritual (*) individual." The Malatesta rulers of Rimini are one of the "smaller despotisms" considered in this work's opening section on "the state as a work of art." For 10 points, name this masterpiece of the Basel historian Jacob Burckhardt.
This book complains that "the use of perfumes went beyond all reasonable limits," citing the example of festival days on which even the mules "were treated with scents and ointments."
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 