Covering the period comprising the Renaissance and Reformation,
this volume introduces a unique set of interdisciplinary
biographical dictionaries providing basic information on the people
who have contributed significantly to the culture of Western
civilization. Unlike general dictionaries which focus on political
and military figures, this book covers such figures as the
religious leaders who contributed to the Reformation, scientists
who paved the way for a new view of the universe, and Renaissance
painters, sculptors, and architects, as well as writers, musicians,
and scholars. While the great personalities are
included--Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Galileo--the volume covers
lesser known figures as well--the Muslim scholar Leo Africanus, the
Flemish geographer-astronomer Gemma Frisius, the English travel
writer Thomas Coryate. Although many of the subjects also had
political influence, the entries are written to highlight their
individual cultural achievement.
An exciting, tumultuous, and chaotic age, the years from 1500 to
1620 saw increasing discontent with Catholicism and the beginning
of Protestantism with Luther's 95 theses, great strides in the
development of the printing press and a resulting increase in
literacy, the humanist movement with its emphasis on the arts of
antiquity, a proliferation of literature and art inspired by but
moving beyond classical forms, and conflict between the triumph of
Renaissance culture and the theologians of the Protestant
Reformation. The resulting cultural production was astounding. This
volume covers those who contributed to the fields of art and
architecture, music, philosophy, religion, political and social
thought, science, mathematics, literature, history, and education.
With over 350 entries written by 72 scholars, the book provides a
good basic resource on an exciting age.
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