The renaissance / Alison Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Alison, 1934- author.

Series:

Seminar studies in history.

Seminar studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"The Renaissance, now in its third edition, engages with earlier and current debates about the Renaissance, especially concerning its 'modernity', its elitism and gender-bias, and its globalism. Brown provides a fresh insight into some of the main themes of the Renaissance, with humanism now being explored in relation to gender, the position of women, and the response of religious reformers to the new ideas. Key themes, such as humanism, art and architecture, Renaissance theatre, and the invention of printing, are illustrated with quotations and exempla, making this book an invaluable source for students of the Renaissance, early modern history, and social and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Part 1 Introduction

1 The problem of interpretation

2 The concept of revival

3 Earlier renaissances, 800-1300

Part 2 Context: politics and religion

4 Italian communes and city-states, c. 1300

5 The rise of lordships and the Black Death

6 Florence, Venice and Naples

7 Rome and the papacy

Part 3 Renaissance passions

8 Petrarch, self-love and the love of books

9 New schools

10 Liberty and republicanism

11 Art and architecture

12 Man, the measure of all things

13 Religion, ancient and modern

Part 4 Society and the circulation of new ideas

14 Commerce and the classics: In Europe and the East

15 Portugal, Spain and the New World

16 The invention of printing

17 Representation and the renaissance theatre

Part 5 Assessment

18 The global renaissance

Part 6 Documents

The language of revival

Petrarch, writer and poet

Florence and the renaissance

Aspects of the movement

Patronage

Changing fashions or changing values?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-05556-0

0-429-62135-3

9780429055560

OCLC:

1178643316