The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy: An EssayPublished in 1860, Burckhardt' s great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual. "The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" remains the single most important and influential account of this crucial moment in the history of the West. |
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THE STATE AS A WORK OF | 1 |
DESPOTS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY | 9 |
THE HUMANISTS | 11 |
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