Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence

Informationen zum Autor Alison Brown is Emerita Professor of Italian Renaissance History at the University of London, Royal Holloway. Klappentext Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius-earlier and more widely than has been supposed-to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks. Zusammenfassung Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius—earlier and more widely than has been supposed—to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the “revolution” in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks.

Product details

• Authors: Alison Brown
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2010
• EAN: 9780674050327
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05032-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History; I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Italien, Europäische Geschichte, 1500 bis heute, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599