The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2002
Summary
Published in 1860, Burckhardt’s great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy remains the single most impo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375759260 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375759263 |
| Author: | Jacob Burckhardt, Peter Gay, Hajo Holborn |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 134mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”- Hajo Holborn
“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”—Hajo Holborn
About The Author
Jacob Burckhardt
Peter Gay is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and director of the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. His many books include the three-volume The Enlightenment- An Interpretation; Schnitzler’s Century- The Making of Middle-Class Culture, 1815-1914; and Freud- A Life for Our Time.
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