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83 ” ” His body taken to Urbino 84 ” ” 13. The Prefect Francesco Maria proclaimed Duke of Urbino 85 ” ” His visit to the Duchess 85 ” ” Funeral of Guidobaldo 85 ” May 2. His obsequies and funeral oration 85 ”   His portraits 86 ”   His accomplishments and excellent character 86 ”   His patronage of Paolo Cortesio 87 ”   Enduring influence of his reign 88 ”   His widow 89

CHAPTER XXIII

1443-1508.		The golden age of Italian letters and arts	93
””		Rich in scholars but poor in genius	94
””		Its prosaic tendency	94
””		The revival of learning	95
””		Promoted by the multiplicity of independent communities	97
””		Especially by the petty sovereigns	98
””		Adulatory tendency of such literature	99
””		A narrow patriotism generated	100
””		Taste for classical erudition, philology and grammar	101
””		The study of Latin induced pedantry and languid conventionality	102
””		The prosaic scholarism of this period	103
””		Tending to pagan ideas	103
””		The rival philosophies of Aristotle and Plato