Apocalypse in Rome: Cola di Rienzo and the politics of the New Age. - Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003

Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 List of Tables 12 Preface and Acknowledgments 14 List of Abbreviations 18 Introduction: Cola di Rienzo 22 1. Birth, Youth, and Society 44 2. Education, Profession, and Family 55 3. Reviving Antiquity 66 4. The Popes at Avignon 79 5. Cola and the Barons 104 6. Preparing for the Apocalypse 125 7. Pentecost 151 8. The Buono Stato 184 9. Cola and the World 201 10. War with the Barons 234 11. Abdication and Exile 271 12. Last World Emperor and Angel Pope 310 13. Apocalypse in Rome 349 Notes 390 Bibliography 418 Index 450 A 450 B 452 C 455 D 458 E 459 F 459 G 460 H 461 I 461 J 462 K 462 L 462 M 463 N 465 O 465 P 466 Q 469 R 469 S 473 T 475 U 475 V 475 W 476 Z 477