With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the history of
ideas, political history, cultural history and art history, this
volume, in the successful Routledge Worlds series, offers a
sweeping survey of Europe in the Renaissance, from the late
thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries, and shows how the
Renaissance laid key foundations for many aspects of the modern
world. Collating thirty-four essays from the field's leading
scholars, John Jeffries Martin shows that this period of rapid and
complex change resulted from a convergence of a new set of social,
economic and technological forces alongside a cluster of
interrelated practices including painting, sculpture, humanism and
science, in which the elites engaged. Unique in its balance of
emphasis on elite and popular culture, on humanism and society, and
on women as well as men, The Renaissance World grapples with issues
as diverse as Renaissance patronage and the development of the
slave trade. Beginning with a section on the antecedents of the
Renaissance world, and ending with its lasting influence, this book
is an invaluable read, which students and scholars of history and
the Renaissance will dip into again and again.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Worlds |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Editors: |
John Jeffries Martin
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 174 x 47mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
706 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-45511-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-45511-1 |
Barcode: |
9780415455114 |
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