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The Renaissance : a very short introduction / Jerry Brotton

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 148Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0192801635
  • 9780192801630
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.2/1 22
LOC classification:
  • CB361 .B73 2005
  • CB361 .B73 2005
Contents:
A global Renaissance -- The humanist script -- Church and state -- Brave new worlds -- Science and philosophy -- Rewriting the Renaissance
Summary: In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale, alongside a darker side of religion, intolerance, slavery, and massive inequality of wealth and status.-publisher description
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 940.21/BROTTON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844400074361

Revised edition of: The Renaissance bazaar. 2002

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index

A global Renaissance -- The humanist script -- Church and state -- Brave new worlds -- Science and philosophy -- Rewriting the Renaissance

In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale, alongside a darker side of religion, intolerance, slavery, and massive inequality of wealth and status.-publisher description

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