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Gagné asks us to rethink the political legacy of the Renaissance: the cradle of the modern nation-state was also the deathbed of one of its most sophisticated precursors. In its wake came a kind of reversion—not self-rule but chaos and empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000683774188,"sku":"9780674248724","price":107.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/989123482428.jpg?v=1763296674"},{"product_id":"giorgione-dante-and-the-sydney-incunable-by-john-gagne-9780522881844","title":"Giorgione, Dante and the Sydney Incunable","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile preparing for an event at the University of Sydney in 2017, a librarian turned to the back page of the library’s 1497 copy of Dante Alighieri’s \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and made a curious discovery. 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