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A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe
Dr Malcolm Vale
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Description for A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe
Paperback. The idea of a rebirth in the art and civilization of the western world during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries has proved an enduring one. Expertly traversing religion, art, history and culture, the author suggests that the region that produced Luther and Durer owed as much to its own past heritage as to new ideas from Italy. Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3H; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
The concept of a Northern European ‘Renaissance’ in the arts, in thought, and in more general culture north of the Alps often evokes the idea of a cultural transplant which was not indigenous to, or rooted in, the society from which it emerged. Classic definitions of the European ‘Renaissance’ during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries have often seen it as an Italian import of, for example, humanism and classical learning into the Gothic North. There were certainly differences between North and South which have to be addressed, not least in the development of the visual arts. In ... Read more
The concept of a Northern European ‘Renaissance’ in the arts, in thought, and in more general culture north of the Alps often evokes the idea of a cultural transplant which was not indigenous to, or rooted in, the society from which it emerged. Classic definitions of the European ‘Renaissance’ during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries have often seen it as an Italian import of, for example, humanism and classical learning into the Gothic North. There were certainly differences between North and South which have to be addressed, not least in the development of the visual arts. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Series
I.B. Tauris Short Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780763859
SKU
V9781780763859
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About Dr Malcolm Vale
Malcolm Vale was, until his retirement in 2010, Lecturer in Modern History in the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow in Modern History at St John’s College, Oxford, UK. His books include The Ancient Enemy: England, France and Europe from the Angevins to the Tudors (2007, 2009) and The Princely Court: Medieval Courts and Culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380 (2001, ... Read more
Reviews for A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe
A must-read book for all those interested in the history of culture, and [it] would be great news [for it] to be translated in [other] languages ... so that it could be accessible to a greater number of readers
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