The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt - ISBN: 9780375759260
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Italy’s Renaissance: Birth of the modern world, art, and individual.

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    7 June 2002

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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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