Challenges to Authority. - ELMER, PETER [ED.].
A Cultural Enquiry, Volume 3 (Renaissance in Europe series)
KORTE INHOUD
The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by developments in various other spheres of early modern life and culture. Foremost among these were the religious changes initiated by the Protestant Reformation, which are discussed in the opening chapters of this book. Religious and cultural developments in Germany are contrasted with sixteenth-century Spain and are further explored through the study of the picaresque novel Lazarillo de Tormes. The place of Renaissance science or natural philosophy is also the subject of critical evaluation in this book. Case studies on the anatomical revolution, Galileo and court patronage, and Paracelsus illustrate new approaches in the field. Subsequent chapters explore the Renaissance fascination with witchcraft and demonology in both learned discourse (Pico's Strix) and popular drama (The Witch of Edmonton). The volume concludes with a study of one of the most influential and provocative writers of the sixteenth century, Michel de Montaigne, whose Essays prov...
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2000Uitgever: Yale University Press440 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300082207ISBN-13: 9780300082203Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial front- & backcover, small 4to: xvi, 418pp., very richly illustrated, tables, notes & references, chapterconclusions, glossary, acknowledgements, index. Very fine copy. Volume The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry. New Haven-London, Yale University Press-Open University. 2000 [Auteur: ELMER, PETER [ED.].] [Jaar: 2000] [Titel: Challenges to Authority.]
