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Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

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Gebonden, 266 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2006
ISBN13: 9780521839099
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 2006 9780521839099
Onderdeel van serie New Approaches to Eu
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In this updated edition of his classic account, Charles Nauert charts the rise of humanism as the distinctive culture of the social, political and intellectual elites in Renaissance Europe. He traces humanism's emergence in the unique social and cultural conditions of fourteenth-century Italy and its gradual diffusion throughout the rest of Europe. He shows how, despite its elitist origins, humanism became a major force in the popular culture and fine arts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the powerful impact it had on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. He uses art and biographical sketches of key figures to illuminate the narrative and concludes with an account of the limitations of humanism at the end of the Renaissance. The revised edition includes a section dealing with the place of women in humanistic culture and an updated bibliography. It will be essential reading for all students of Renaissance Europe.

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ISBN13:9780521839099
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:266

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Introduction; 1. The birth of humanist culture; 2. Humanism and Italian society; 3. Crossing the Alps; 4. Triumph and disaster; 5. Humanism and High-Renaissance culture; 6. Humanism in the late Renaissance; 7. The end of an age; Bibliography.

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