The Renaissance of the twelfth century / by Charles Homer Haskins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twelfth century.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Civilization, Medieval.

Physical Description:

viii, 437 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Mass.] : Harvard University Press, [1955]

Summary:

The Italian Renaissance was preceded, structured, and, to a significant extent, determined by the Renaissance of the twelfth century which saw the culmination of Romanesque art and the beginnings of the Gothic; the emergence of vernacular languages; the revival of Latin classics, poetry, and Roman law; the recovery of Greek Science and much Greek philosophy; the origins of universities, towns, and the sovereign state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0674760751

OCLC:

187331254