Everyday Renaissances - The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Gwyneth Ross is Associate Professor of History, Boston College. Klappentext Revealing an Italian Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici! Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday people who were inspired to pursue humanistic learning. Physicians were often the most avid professionals seeking to earn the respect of their betters! advance their families! and secure honorable remembrance after death. Zusammenfassung Revealing an Italian Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici! Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday people who were inspired to pursue humanistic learning. Physicians were often the most avid professionals seeking to earn the respect of their betters! advance their families! and secure honorable remembrance after death.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Gwyneth Ross
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780674659834
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65983-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History; I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History; I Tatti Study in Italian Renaissance Hist (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599