The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities: An Intellectual History, 1400–1800 - Hardcover

Celenza, Christopher S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108833403 ISBN 13: 9781108833400

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Connecting to issues in the humanities today, this book shows how the Italian Renaissance influenced and changed Early Modern Europe.

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About the Author

Christopher S. Celenza is the James B. Knapp Dean of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also Professor of History and Classics. Former Director of the American Academy in Rome, he is the author of the prize-winning The Lost Italian Renaissance (2004), Machiavelli: A Portrait (2015), and The Intellectual World of the Italian Renaissance (2017). His work has been featured in Salon, The Huffington Post, and on radio and television. Celenza has served as Dean of Georgetown College at Georgetown University and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Harvard University Center for the Study of the Italian Renaissance (Villa I Tatti), the American Academy in Rome, and the Fulbright Foundation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108833403
• ISBN 13: 9781108833400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336