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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Modern Library) by: Jacob Burckhardt |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 945.05 EAN: 9780375759260 ISBN: 0375759263 Label: Random House USA Inc Manufacturer: Random House USA Inc Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: May 02, 2002 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Studio: Random House USA Inc Sales Rank: 1403768 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: Translated by SGC Middlemore and with an introduction by Peter Gay, "Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" is the definitive history of the Italian Renaissance. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Burckhardt the Prescient HistorianFor much of the last 139 years, Jacob Burckhardt's work has been dismissed as too "Nineteenth Century" for serious study: more literature than serious history. So much the pity. What Burckhardt left us in The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is a magisterial, thematic, understanding of the Italian Renaissance that is far more 1990's in its observations and human understandings than its original 1860's. It is a shame that Burckhardt's famous pupil, Nietzsche, didn't learn a little more balance and discretion at his elder's feet. This book is a joy to read. Like Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, this work shows us how history can engage the spirit, and how far off the mark some modern historians have gone with ... Read More: |
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