The Renaissance : a very short introduction / Jerry Brotton
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TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 148Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cmISBN: 0192801635; 9780192801630Subject(s): Renaissance | East and West | Europe -- History -- 1492-1648DDC classification: 940.2/1 LOC classification: CB361 | .B73 2005CB361 | .B73 2005
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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
A global Renaissance -- The humanist script -- Church and state -- Brave new worlds -- Science and philosophy -- Rewriting the Renaissance
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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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