The civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
By: Jacob Burckhardt ; introduction by Peter Gay ; afterword by Hajo Holborn ; [translated by S.G.C. Middlemore].
Contributors: Middlemore, S. G. C.
Edition: Modern Library papberback ed.
Series: The Modern Library classics
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Renaissance -- Italy.; Italy -- Civilization -- 1268-1559.
Description: "Published in 1860, Burckhardt's work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy remains the single most important and influential account of this crucial moment in the history of the West."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.