The A to Z of the Renaissance (The A to Z Guide Series): Volume 14 - Softcover

Nauert, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810853930 ISBN 13: 9780810853935

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2006

Synopsis

Few periods have given civilization such a strong impulse as the Renaissance, which started in Italy and then spread to the rest of Europe. During its brief epoch, most vigorously from the fourteen to the sixteenth centuries, Europe reached back to Ancient Greece and Rome, and pushed ahead in numerous fields: art, architecture, literature, philosophy, banking, commerce, religion, politics, and warfare. This era is inundated with famous names (Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Cervantes, and Shakespeare), and the heritage it left can hardly be overestimated.

The A to Z of the Renaissance provides information on these fields through its chronology, which traces events from 1250 to 1648, and its introduction delineating the underlying features of the period. However, it is the dictionary section, with hundreds of cross-referenced entries on famous persons (from Adrian to Zwingli), key locations, supporting political and social institutions, wars, religious reformations, achievements, and failures, which is the heart of this book. Further research is facilitated by the bibliography.

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Review:

...this dictionary is special. It is a one-volume reference that, for its size and price, provides a thorough overview of all subjects Renaissance.--American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007)

Nauert (emeritus history, U. of Missouri-Columbia) concentrates primarily on the elite or high culture of both Italy and transalpine Europe from the early 14th century to the early 17th. Some of the early features of the Renaissance were later considered Medieval, but are included here.--Reference and Research Book News

About the Author:

Charles G. Nauert is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 2002, the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference named him the first recipient of its Bodo Nischan Award "for scholarship, civility, and service." In 1991 he received the Thomas Jefferson Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0810853930
• ISBN 13: 9780810853935
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 570