Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Preface, V Introduction, by Frederick George Marcham, VII Part I. Studies in the Diplomatic and Military H istory of Italy and the Empire, 1316-1687 1. The Hahs burg-Angevin Marriage Alliance of 1316, 3 2. Castruccio Castracani and the Empire, 19 3. The Accession of the Helvetian Federation to the Holy League: An Unpublished Bull of Pope Julius II of March 17,1512 33 4. The Venetians in Athens and the Destruction of the Parthenon m 1687 50 Part II. Petrarchan Studies 5. An Introduction to Petrarch' s Sonnets and Songs 73 6. An Early Repre sentation of Petrarch as Poet Laureate 101 7. Petrarch's Conception of the "Dar k Ages" . 106 8. Petrarch and th e Decor ation of the Sala Virorum Illustrium in Padua 130 g. Petrarch and the Story of the Choice of Hercules 175 10. The Last Will: A Personal Document of Petrarch 's Old Age 197 11. Rudolph Agricola's Life of Petrarch. 236 Part III. Studies in Early Christian Historiography , 12. St. Augustine and the Christian Idea of Progr ess: The Background of The City of God . 265 13. Aponius and Orosi us on the Significance of the Epiphany 299 •14. Orosius and Augustine 325 Bibliography of the Writings of Theodor E. Mommsen 349