Bücher von David Chambers

D.S.CHAMBERS, who was a pupil of the late J.R. Hale, began research in Italy and the Vatican in the late 1950s and has since spent much time in Italy. After teaching mediaeval history at the University of St Andrews, in 1969 he was appointed a Lecturer (later Reader) in Renaissance Studies at the Warburg Institute in the University of London. He has published extensively on subjects relating to the Italian Renaissance, but in particular concerning cardinals, and the cities of Rome, Venice and Mantua. Among his more recent publications have been a biography of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga and two volumes of collected articles. Since his retirement in 1999 he was appointed Emeritus Reader in Renaissance Studies at the Warburg Institute and he served as Chairman of the Society of Renaissance Studies from 2001 to 2004.