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Structures and origins of the twelfth-century "Renaissance" by Peter Dinzelbacher.

Van Pelt Library CB354.6 .D56 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dinzelbacher, Peter, author.
Series:
Monographien zur Geschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 63.
Monographien zur Geschichte des Mittelalters, 0026-9832 ; Band 63
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Civilization, Medieval--12th century.
Civilization, Medieval.
Europe--Intellectual life.
Europe.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
Social history.
Social history--Medieval.
Middle Ages--Historiography.
Middle Ages.
Physical Description:
vii, 343 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Stuttgart : Anton Hiersemann, 2017.
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Varieties of mutation during the high middle ages
Expansion
Spatial expansion
Temporal expansion
Antiquity
Future
Religious expansion
Religious aggressivity
Differentiation
The holy and the profane
Social transformations
Lay-folk becoming visible
Women becoming visible
Children becoming visible
Diversity in religious life
Romanesque and gothic architecture
Music
Further examples of diversification
Rationalization
Theology and philosophy
Law and polities
Intellectual management
Ingenium
Abstraction
Realistic observation
Desacralization
Death
Nature, fortune and fate
Psychologicalization
Discovering the self
Doubt and inner conflict
Ethics
Love emotions
Men and women
Mysticism
Compassion
Friendship
Summary
Contemporaries reacting
Rethinking the problems of approach and interpretation
Some methodical considerations on the quest for historical reasons
Causal explanations
The investiture struggle
General theories of cultural development and their adaptation to the high middle ages
The 'materialistic' point of view
The sociological point of view
The psychohistorical point of view
External cultural influences
Conclusion
Excursus : the court as a centre for the transfer of mental attitudes
Postscript
A very short note on the history of scholarship
And a final note, viz. on this book's language
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index to ancient and medieval names and to anonymous texts
Index to authors of secondary works.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-319) and indexes.
ISBN:
9783777217048
3777217042
OCLC:
982490974
Publisher Number:
9783777217048

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