{"product_id":"fate-and-fortune-in-european-thought-ca-1400-1650-9789004359727","title":"Fate and Fortune in European Thought, ca. 1400–1650","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays presents new insights into what shaped and constituted the Renaissance and early modern views of fate and fortune. It argues that these ideas were emblematic of a more fundamental argument about the self, society, and the universe and shows that their influence was more widespread, both geographically and thematically, than hitherto assumed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A valuable panorama of themes and perspectives on the subject.”  Per Landgren, University of Oxford. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2023), pp. 748–749.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Note on Contributors    Introduction: Not Simple Twists of Fate   Ovanes Akopyan    Part 1: The Concept of Fate in Philosophy and Theology  1 Renaissance Consolations: Philosophical Remedies for Fate and Fortune   John Sellars    2 Coluccio Salutati and the Humanist Critique of Fate   Paul Richard Blum    3 Fate, Providence, and Fortuna in Giordano Bruno’s Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast   Elisabeth Blum    4 Fortune and Fate in the Philosophy of Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655): Balancing between Freedom and Necessity   Jo Coture    Part 2: Political and Social Context  5 Fate and Fortune in Machiavelli’s Anatomy of the Body Politic   Guido Giglioni    6 “Fortune is a Mistresse”: Figures of Fortune in English Renaissance Poetry   Orlando Reade    7 The Game of Art and Chance: Lottery, Fortune, and Fatum in the Low Countries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries   Sophie Raux    Part 3: Artistic Considerations  8 Renaissance Iconology of Fate   Damiano Acciarino    9 Fortune, Fate and Providential Design in Georges de La Tour   Dalia Judovitz    10 Ptolemy, Fortune, and Politics: A Case of the Reception of Western Scholarship in Early Modern Russia   Ovanes Akopyan    Bibliography  Index Nominum","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210744750423,"sku":"9789004359727","price":117.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fate-and-fortune-in-european-thought-ca-1400-1650-9789004359727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}