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Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

By: Charles G. Nauert (Jr.)

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Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

By: Charles G. Nauert (Jr.)

This new textbook provides students with a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the European Renaissance, one of the most influential cultural revolutions in history. Professor Nauert's approach is broader than the traditional focus on Italy, and tackles the themes in the wider European context. He traces the origins of the humanist 'movement' and connects it to the social and political environments in which it developed. In a tour-de-force of lucid exposition over six wide-ranging chapters, Nauert charts the key intellectual, social, educational and philosophical concerns of this humanist revolution, using art and biographical sketches of key figures to illuminate the discussion. The study also traces subsequent transformations of humanism and its solvent effect on intellectual developments in the late Renaissance.

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0521407249

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Exorcising our Demons: Magic, Witchcraft and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe

By: Charles Zika

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Exorcising our Demons: Magic, Witchcraft and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe

By: Charles Zika

This collection of sixteen essays deals with the role of magic, religion and witchcraft in European culture, 1450-1650, and the critical role of the visual in that culture. It covers the relationship of humanism and magic; the intersection of religious ritual, orthodoxy and power; the discursive links between the visual language of witchcraft and contemporary anxieties about sexuality and savagery. The introductory chapter urges us to exorcise our tendency to reduce historical experiences of the demonic to forms of unreason created in a distant past. Only then can we understand the role of the demonic in our historical definition of the self and the other. Richly illustrated with 112 images, the book will interest historians and art historians.

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9004475915

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Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

By: Charles G. Nauert

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Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

By: Charles G. Nauert

In this updated edition of his classic account, Charles Nauert charts the rise of humanism as the distinctive culture of the social, political and intellectual elites in Renaissance Europe. He traces humanism's emergence in the unique social and cultural conditions of fourteenth-century Italy and its gradual diffusion throughout the rest of Europe. He shows how, despite its elitist origins, humanism became a major force in the popular culture and fine arts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the powerful impact it had on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. He uses art and biographical sketches of key figures to illuminate the narrative and concludes with an account of the limitations of humanism at the end of the Renaissance. The revised edition includes a section dealing with the place of women in humanistic culture and an updated bibliography. It will be essential reading for all students of Renaissance Europe.

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1316154297

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The A to Z of the Renaissance

By: Charles G. Nauert

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The A to Z of the Renaissance

By: Charles G. Nauert

Few periods have given civilization such a strong impulse as the Renaissance, which started in Italy and then spread to the rest of Europe. During its brief epoch, most vigorously from the fourteen to the sixteenth centuries, Europe reached back to Ancient Greece and Rome, and pushed ahead in numerous fields: art, architecture, literature, philosophy, banking, commerce, religion, politics, and warfare. This era is inundated with famous names (Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Cervantes, and Shakespeare), and the heritage it left can hardly be overestimated. The A to Z of the Renaissance provides information on these fields through its chronology, which traces events from 1250 to 1648, and its introduction delineating the underlying features of the period. However, it is the dictionary section, with hundreds of cross-referenced entries on famous persons (from Adrian to Zwingli), key locations, supporting political and social institutions, wars, religious reformations, achievements, and failures, which is the heart of this book. Further research is facilitated by the bibliography.

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Scarecrow Press

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1461718961

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Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

By: Charles Burney

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Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

By: Charles Burney

The Hittites created one of the great civilizations of the ancient world, although it remained almost unknown until excavations in the early 20th century revealed the extent and importance of its culture. For nearly five centuries the Hittites controlled vast areas of Anatolia, by direct or indirect rule, engaging in almost incessant warfare, and, at the same time, making significant contributions to culture and religion of the region. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Hittites contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on mportant persons, places, essential institutions, and the significant aspects of the society, government, economy, material culture, and warfare. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Hittites.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538102587

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Humanism and Renaissance Civilization

By: Charles G. Nauert

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Humanism and Renaissance Civilization

By: Charles G. Nauert

The essays collected in this volume represent many years of Professor Nauert's research and teaching on the history of Renaissance humanism, and more particularly on humanism north of the Alps. Much of the early work involved the significant but often-overlooked history of humanism at the University of Cologne, notoriously the most anti-humanist of the German universities. Later essays deal with the most famous humanist of the early sixteenth century, Erasmus of Rotterdam, and natural philosophy, a broad term covering many subjects now associated with natural science, is the topic of three of the pieces published here. Taken as a whole, the book presents a detailed study of intellectual development among European elites.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000940241

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The A to Z of German Cinema

By: Robert C. Reimer,Carol J. Reimer

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The A to Z of German Cinema

By: Robert C. Reimer,Carol J. Reimer

German film is diverse and multi-faceted; its history includes five distinct German governments (Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the German Democratic Republic), two national industries (Germany and Austria), and a myriad of styles and production methods. Paradoxically, the political disruptions that have produced these distinct film eras, as well as the natural inclination of artists to rebel and create new styles, allow for the construction of a narrative of German film. While the disjuncture generates distinct points of separation, it also highlights continuities between the ruptures. Outlining the richness of German film, The A to Z of German Cinema covers mainstream, alternative, and experimental film from 1895 to the present through a chronology, introductory essay, appendix of the 100 most significant German films, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on directors, actors, films, cinematographers, composers, producers, and major historical events that greatly affected the direction and development of German cinema. The book's broad canvas will lead students and scholars of cinema to appreciate the complex nature of German film.

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0810876116

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The A to Z of the Puritans

By: Charles Pastoor,Galen K. Johnson

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The A to Z of the Puritans

By: Charles Pastoor,Galen K. Johnson

Members of the Church of England until the mid-16th century, the Puritans thought the Church had become too political and needed to be 'purified.' While many Puritans believed the Church was capable of reform, a large number decided that separating from the Church was their only remaining course of action. Thus the mass migration of Puritans (known as Pilgrims) to America took place. Although Puritanism died in England around 1689 and in America in 1758, Puritan beliefs, such as self-reliance, frugality, industry, and energy remain standards of the American ideal. The A to Z of Puritans tells the story of Puritanism from its origins until its eventual demise. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, places, and events.

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0810870398

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Niebuhr and His Age

Reinhold Niebuhr's Prophetic Role and Legacy

By: Charles C. Brown

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Niebuhr and His Age

Reinhold Niebuhr's Prophetic Role and Legacy

By: Charles C. Brown

Now available in paperback, Niebuhr and His Age provides an extensively researched account of Reinhold Niebuhr, and includes a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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A&C Black

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1563383756

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The Spenser Encyclopedia

By: Albert Charles Hamilton

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The Spenser Encyclopedia

By: Albert Charles Hamilton

A reference book for scholarship on Edmund Spenser offering a detailed, literary guide to his life, works and influence. Over 700 entries by 422 contributors, an index and extensive bibliography.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802079237

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Gianfrancesco Pico Della Mirandola (1469–1533) and His Critique of Aristotle

By: Charles B. Schmitt

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Gianfrancesco Pico Della Mirandola (1469–1533) and His Critique of Aristotle

By: Charles B. Schmitt

The origins of this book go back to I956 when it was suggested to me that a study on the philosophy of Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola would furnish an important addition to our knowledge of the philoso phy of the Italian Renaissance. It was not, however, until I960 that I could devote a significant portion of my time to a realization of this goal. My work was essentially completed in 1963, at which time it was presented in its original form as a doctoral dissertation in the Phi losophy Department of Columbia University. Since then I have made many minor improvements and several chapters have been extensively reworked. This study represents the first attempt in fifty years to give a detailed account of even a portion of Gianfrancesco Pico's life and thought. The most comprehensive previous study, Gertrude Bramlette Richards, "Gianfrancesco Pico della lv1irandola" (Cornell University Dissertation, I 9 I 5), which I have found very useful in preparing my own book, is largely based on secondary literature and is mistaken in a number of details. Furthermore, Miss Richards' treatment of Gian francesco Pico as a thinker is very sketchy and is not an exhaustive study of his own writings. It is hoped that my present study, built in part on her extensive bibliographical indications, brings forth a certain amount of new information which will be of value for further research.

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9401196796

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An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought)

Sources, History, and Theology

By: Lyle D. Bierma,Charles D. Jr. Gunnoe,Karin Maag,Paul W. Fields

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An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought)

Sources, History, and Theology

By: Lyle D. Bierma,Charles D. Jr. Gunnoe,Karin Maag,Paul W. Fields

This work examines key aspects of the development of the Heidelberg Catechism, including historical background, socio-political origins, purpose, authorship, sources, and theology. The book includes the first ever English translations of two major sources of the Heidelberg Catechism--Ursinus's Smaller and Larger Catechisms--and a bibliography of research on the document since 1900. Students of the Reformed tradition and the Protestant Reformation will value this resource.

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1441206620

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The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815

By: Charles W. Ingrao

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The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815

By: Charles W. Ingrao

This is a revised and updated edition of a highly acclaimed history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy. Charles W. Ingrao challenges the conventional notion of Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward by tracing its emergence as a military and cultural power of enormous influence. The Habsburg monarchy was undeniably different from other European polities: geography and linguistic diversity made this inevitable, but by 1789 it had laid the groundwork for a single polity capable of transcending its uniquely diverse cultural and historic heritage. Charles W. Ingrao unravels the web of social, political, economic and cultural factors that shaped the Habsburg monarchy during the period, and presents this complex story in a manner that is both authoritative and accessible to non-specialists. This edition includes a revised text and bibliographies, new genealogical tables, and an epilogue which looks forward to the impact of the Habsburg monarchy on twentieth-century events.

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Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

Exorcising our Demons: Magic, Witchcraft and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe

Exorcising our Demons: Magic, Witchcraft and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

The A to Z of the Renaissance

The A to Z of the Renaissance

Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

Humanism and Renaissance Civilization

Humanism and Renaissance Civilization

The A to Z of German Cinema

The A to Z of German Cinema

The A to Z of the Puritans

The A to Z of the Puritans

Niebuhr and His Age

Niebuhr and His Age

The Spenser Encyclopedia

The Spenser Encyclopedia

Gianfrancesco Pico Della Mirandola (1469–1533) and His Critique of Aristotle

Gianfrancesco Pico Della Mirandola (1469–1533) and His Critique of Aristotle

An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought)

An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought)

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815

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