Humanism and the culture of Renaissance Europe / Charles G. Nauert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nauert, Charles G., Jr., 1928-2013.

Series:

New approaches to European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance.

Humanism--Europe.

Humanism.

Europe--History--15th century.

Europe.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

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 from the late fifteenth century onwards. 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 and eventual transformations of humanism at the end of the Renaissance. This comprehensive account of the development and significance of humanistic culture will be essential reading for all students of Renaissance Europe.

Contents:

1 The birth of humanist culture 8

2 Humanism becomes dominant 25

3 Humanism and Italian society 60

4 Crossing the Alps 102

5 Triumph and disaster 132

6 Humanism in the late Renaissance 172

7 The end of an age 200.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521839092

0521547814

OCLC:

65203219

Publisher Number:

9780521839099 (hbk.)

9780521547819 (pbk.)