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Most cited papers in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

What are the most cited papers in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies?

The most cited paper in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies is "Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance" (G. W. Pigman, 1980), with 376 citations. Next come "Medieval "Ars Dictaminis" and the Beginnings of Humanism: a New Construction of the Problem" (270) and "Renaissance eloquence. Studies in the theory and practice of renaissance rhetoric" (241).

Showing 50 of 101 papers. Every paper with more than 66 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance G. W. Pigman · Renaissance Quarterly Apr 1980 376
2 Medieval "Ars Dictaminis" and the Beginnings of Humanism: a New Construction of the Problem Ronald G. Witt · Renaissance Quarterly Apr 1982 270
3 Renaissance eloquence. Studies in the theory and practice of renaissance rhetoric Edmund J. Campion · History of European Ideas 1986 241
4 The New Historicism in Renaissance Studies Jean E. Howard · English Literary Renaissance 1986 232
5 A Frame Analysis of Favor Seeking in the Renaissance: Agency, Networks, and Political Culture Paul D. McLean · American Journal of Sociology Jul 1998 215
6 The Myth of the Platonic Academy of Florence James Hankins · Renaissance Quarterly Oct 1991 204
7 Machiavellian Democracy: Controlling Elites with Ferocious Populism John McCormick · American Political Science Review Jun 2001 183
8 Machiavelli's Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 10 Jan 1991 174
9 Renaissance Readers and Ancient Texts: Comments on Some Commentaries Anthony T. Grafton · Renaissance Quarterly Dec 1985 173
10 Taste and the Chorda Tympani Tony R. Bull · The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Jun 1965 164
11 Machiavelli Against Republicanism John McCormick · Political Theory Oct 2003 163
12 Who Invented the Golden Age? H. C. Baldry · The Classical Quarterly May 1952 162
13 Vision, memory and the temporal lobe A. Jennekens-Schinkel · Journal of the Neurological Sciences Sep 1991 159
14 From Politics to Reason of State: The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics, 1250-1600. Benjamin G. Kohl, Maurizio Viroli · The American Historical Review Jun 1994 154
15 Scholastic Philosophy and Renaissance Magic in the De vita of Marsilio Ficino Brian P. Copenhaver · Renaissance Quarterly Dec 1984 151
16 The Last Consul: Basilius and his Diptych Alan Cameron, Diane Schauer · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1982 146
17 Renaissance Latin Aristotle Commentaries: Authors A-B Charles H. Lohr · Studies in the Renaissance 1974 141
18 Machiavelli: the Republican Citizen and the Author of ‘The Prince’ Hans Baron · The English Historical Review 1961 139
19 Utopia and European Humanism: The Function of the Prefatory Letters and Verses Peter R. Allen · Studies in the Renaissance 1963 137
20 The Unknown Quattrocento Poetics of Bartolommeo della Fonte Charles Edward Trinkaus · Studies in the Renaissance 1966 137
21 Jacopo de' Barbari's View of Venice: Map Making, City Views, and Moralized Geography before the Year 1500 Juergen Schulz · The Art Bulletin Sep 1978 136
22 Marsilio Ficino and the phaedran charioteer. Michael J. Allen · Revista de filosofía Open access 22 Nov 2016 136
23 Leonardo da Vinci: the marvellous works of nature and man David Gelipter · Medical Humanities 29 May 2008 136
24 Towards a Reassessment of Renaissance Aristotelianism Charles B. Schmitt · History of Science Sep 1973 136
25 DISTINGUISHING SIGNS: EAR–RINGS, JEWS AND FRANCISCAN RHETORIC IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CITY Diane Owen Hughes · Past & Present 1986 135
26 The ‘cori spezzati’ of St Mark's: myth and reality David Bryant · Early Music History Oct 1981 130
27 Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 10 Jan 1991 130
28 ISOLEUCINE AND VALINE METABOLISM OF ESCHERICHIA COLI H. Edwin Umbarger, J. Howard Mueller · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Mar 1951 120
29 Communes and Despots: The City State In Late-Medieval Italy Philip Jones · Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Dec 1965 113
30 Plausible Worlds; Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences. Haskell Fain, Geoffrey Hawthorn · History and Theory Feb 1993 113
31 Science, Reading, and Renaissance Literature: the Art of Making Knowledge, 1580-1670 Elizabeth A. Spiller, John Considine · Renaissance and Reformation Open access 2004 113
32 "The Sweet Lean of His Head": Writing about Looking at the Crucifix in the High Middle Ages Sara Lipton · Speculum Oct 2005 112
33 The Ceremonial City: History, Memory and Myth in Renaissance Venice Dennis Romano · History Reviews of New Books Jul 2008 111
34 Dante's Hell, Aquinas's Moral Theory, and the Love of God Eleonore Stump · Canadian Journal of Philosophy Open access Jun 1986 111
35 The Language of History in the Renaissance: Rhetoric and Historical Consciousness in Florentine Humanism Nancy S. Struever, Walter J. Temelini · Renaissance and Reformation Open access 31 Dec 1969 110
36 Humanism and Modernity: A Reconsideration of Bruni's Dialogues David Quint · Renaissance Quarterly Oct 1985 108
37 A Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare Marvin L. Rosenberg, Marvin Spevack · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1970 106
38 :Language and Statecraft in Early Modern Venice Lauro Martines · The American Historical Review Apr 2009 105
39 The New Historicism and Its Discontents: Politicizing Renaissance Drama Edward A. Pechter · PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America May 1987 104
40 Economic Credit in Renaissance Florence John F. Padgett, Paul D. McLean · The Journal of Modern History Mar 2011 104
41 Explaining expressions of emotion Peter D. Goldie · Mind 2000 103
42 THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION VOLUME 1 Judith Norman, Alistair Welchman · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 28 Oct 2010 103
43 Trapping the Prince: Machiavelli and the Politics of Deception Mary G. Dietz · American Political Science Review Sep 1986 102
44 Shakespeare's Globe: A Theatrical Experiment Gordon McMullan · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 2008 101
45 A Humanist's Image of Humanism: The Inaugural Orations of Bartolommeo della Fonte Charles Edward Trinkaus · Studies in the Renaissance 1960 98
46 Pharmacies as centres of communication in early modern Venice Filippo de Vivo · Renaissance Studies 20 Aug 2007 95
47 Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Politics and History in Sixteenth-Century Florence, by Felix Gilbert Eugene F. Rice · Political Science Quarterly Mar 1966 94
48 Leon Battista Alberti: Universal Man of the Early Renaissance Joan Kelly Gadol, Susanna N. Peters · Renaissance and Reformation Open access 31 Dec 1969 94
49 The renaissance of eloquence Patrick L. Baker · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 29 Sep 2015 92
50 Intellectual Repercussions of the Council of Florence Ihor Ševčenko · Church History Dec 1955 89

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