Renaissance Characters

Introduction- Eugenio Garin1. The Renaissance Prince- John E. Law2. The Condottiere- Michael Mallett3. The Cardinal- Massimo Firpo4. The Courtier- Peter Burke5. The Philosopher and the Magus-Eugenio Garin6. The Merchant and the Banker- Alberto Tenenti7. The Artist- Andre Chastel8. The Woman of the Renaissance- Margaret L. King9. Voyagers and Natives- Tzvetan TodorovIndex

Summary

A synthesis of the work of international scholars, this is an account of the people who animated a decisive period in the genesis of the modern mind - the Renaissance. Confining its attention to the "great" Renaissance which originated in Italy, the book treats a broad spectrum of figures.

Product details

• Authors: Eugenio Garin, Del Rinascimento Uomo
• Assisted by: Eugenio Garin (Editor), Garin Eugenio (Editor), Lydia G. Cochraine (Translation), Lydia G. Cochrane (Translation), Cochrane Lydia G. (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.1997
• EAN: 9780226283562
• ISBN: 978-0-226-28356-2
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Cultural Studies, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, ART / History / European / Medieval