The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000KG4AIM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Love Letter to Italy" according to Daniel Myers. As a preface, let me first address all these reviews bemoaning the Bibliobazaar edition - under which this review will no doubt be posted by Amazon. Apparently, it's a digitally scanned edition of some sort, chock-full of typos and even, one reviewer reports, having one chapter printed twice, and for $20.00! Just sa. "A Classic, "Antiquated" or Not" according to Steve R. Burckhardt's 'Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy' is fundamental to our understanding of the Renaissance, even though it has long since ceased to be definitive. For Burckhardt (who wrote `Civilization' in the 1850s), the Italian Renaissance represented the punctuated end of the middle ages and the beginning of. A Mixed Bag This work is historically noteworthy because it redefined how history is told. The time period covered is fascinating and lends itself to the novel approach.This particular edition is rough around the edges. There are typos, some to the point of obscuring meaning, on every page. The translation is rough around the e
Volume 2. Swiss-born Jacob Burckhardt, with his "The Civilization of the Renaissance" in Italy, attempted to expand the discourse on the late medieval city-states that dominated the Italian peninsula. This authoritative study by a distinguished scholar presents a brilliant panorama of Italian Renaissance life, explaining how and why the period constituted a cultural revolution. It traces the influences of classical antiquity on the age's thinkers and artists and chronicles the revival of humanism, the conflict between church and empire, and the rise of both the modern state and the modern individual.
“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”—Hajo Holborn