The present volume has grown out of the conference held at Princeton University on November 12-14, 2009. Its essays explore a coherent, interrelated nexus of topics that illuminate our understanding o
This wonderful book with CD is a must for music, dance, or classroom teachers teaching about the Renaissance. Historical information about the Renaissance is included as well as easy-to-follow dance g
Romance was criticized for its perceived immorality throughout the Renaissance, and even enthusiasts were often forced to acknowledge the shortcomings of its dated narrative conventions. Yet despite t
Tavuzzi (philosophy, U. of St. Thomas, Rome) takes an unusual approach in examining a period in which there was no official overarching inquisition in northern Italy but plenty of active inquisitors w
As monarchy grew into the dominant ruling institution between 1400 and 1600, says Georgia-based author Potter, kings and queens increased their power, reduced the feudal authority of their nobles, wag
This volume unites a collection of articles which illustrate the complexity of European cultural history in the Renaissance. On the one hand, scholars of this period were inspired by classical narrati
Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Renaissance! This 96-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matchin
Ogren (Jewish thought and mysticism, Hebrew U.) takes the concept of metempsychosis, mainly within its Jewish contexts, as an axis around which to study and analyze developments in Renaissance intelle
"Published to complement an exhibition at the British Museum, this book highlights the Museum's outstanding collection of Spanish prints and drawings"--Jkt.
We are familiar with Asia's “re-emergence”. A recent study by the Asian Development Bank, for example, notes that by 2050 Asia's per capita income would rise six-fold to reach Europe's levels today. A
The essays collected in this volume represent many years of Professor Nauert's research and teaching on the history of Renaissance humanism, and more particularly on humanism north of the Alps. Much o
Gregory (St. Francis Xavier U., Antigonish) suggests that Giorgio Vasari (1511-75) invented art history partly because the recent profusion of prints exposed him to a wide variety of artistic images a
This impressive work offers a close reading and analysis of the court records for the Court of Session in Scotland from 1532, when it was formed, until about 1534. Introductory chapters describe earli
This book presents one author's view of the range and depth of recent scholarly study of sacred and liturgical music of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as represented in a range of nineteen art
For the first time, a content-rich survey on Renaissance women for students and the general public is available. The story of the Renaissance has usually been told from the elite male perspective. Her
This collection of essays offers a fresh look into Christian-Jewish cultural interactions during the Renaissance and beyond. Christian scholars, it is shown, were deeply immersed in a variety of Hebre
Of the articles in this volume, eight concern a world-famous author (FranA§ois Rabelais); the others are studies of little-known authors (Cortesi, Corrozet, Mercier) or genres (the joke, the apophtheg
The practice and composition of music require patronage and institutional support, and they require it in a different fashion from that found in other forms of art. This collection of essays brings to
This volume aims to assess the longstanding debate over the role played by the Italian Renaissance in the history of European intellectual culture. The authors engage in an interpretative conversation
Writing Wales explores representations of Wales in English and Welsh literatures written across a broad sweep of history, from the union of Wales with England in 1536 to the beginnings of its industri
Grendler (U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) explores how schools, universities, and teachers interacted with church and state in various circumstances and contexts. Some of the 11 papers, facsimiles f
The extraordinary cultural Renaissance in the northern Italian courts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. It starts with Baldessar Castiglione's Book of the Courti
Redescribing renaissance literature as a battleground of competing “theologies of language,” Baumlin reads Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Donne’s Songs and Sonets, and Milton’s “Lycidas” within a revisionist h
This collection of ten essays, including an introduction by the editor, Hyman (English, Oberlin College), explores poetic representations of non-living objects in early modern English renaissance lite
Renaissance Music for the Choral Conductor is the ideal textbook for choral literature and choral conducting classes on the undergraduate and graduate levels. It can serve as a reference for anyone wh
Historians of art and architecture address the creation and deployment of visual art and architecture to embody political ideals, promote political agendas, or otherwise serve the concerns of governme
The intellectual legacy of Andrew Melville (1545-1622) as a leader of the Renaissance and a promoter of humanism in Scotland has been obscured by "the Melville legene." In an effort to dispense with `
Combining primary archival research, contextual analysis of the climate of female mysticism, and a re-examination of a number of visual objects, this study sheds new light on the social, cultural and
Cornelison (Italian Renaissance art, U. of Kansas) recounts the steps of her scholarly journey beginning with her attraction to Giambologna's St. Antoninus Chapel at San Marco in Florence, then to a s
Encompassing both gardens made of plants in soil and gardens cultivated from ink on paper, Tigner (English, U. of Texas-Arlington) traces what she calls England's paradise imaginary through a 100-year
Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe brings together ten of Paola Zambelli's papers on the subject, four of which are published in English for the first
In 1749, George Washington, age 17, was commissioned to survey and plot the town and county of Culpeper. He recorded that the town occupied a "high and pleasant situation." Incorpora
