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Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment.

Table of Contents
Notes on contributors ix

Introduction Locus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance
Alexander Samson 1

1 The world of the Renaissance herbal
Brent Elliott 24

2 Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English ‘Renaissance’ garden
Paula Henderson 42

3 River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy
Claudia Lazzaro 70

4 Dissembling his art: ‘Gascoigne’s Gardnings’
Susan C. Staub 95

5 ‘My innocent diversion of gardening’: Mary Somerset’s plants
Jennifer Munroe 111

6 Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the huerto and Lope de Vega’s Novelas a Marcia Leonarda
Alexander Samson 124

7 Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens
Brian Dix 151

Index 183

Locus Amoenus

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 21 February 2012
      ISBN-13 9781444361513
      978-1444361513
      ISBN-10 1444361511
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      Commercial horticulture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment.

      Table of Contents
      Notes on contributors ix

      Introduction Locus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance
      Alexander Samson 1

      1 The world of the Renaissance herbal
      Brent Elliott 24

      2 Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English ‘Renaissance’ garden
      Paula Henderson 42

      3 River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy
      Claudia Lazzaro 70

      4 Dissembling his art: ‘Gascoigne’s Gardnings’
      Susan C. Staub 95

      5 ‘My innocent diversion of gardening’: Mary Somerset’s plants
      Jennifer Munroe 111

      6 Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the huerto and Lope de Vega’s Novelas a Marcia Leonarda
      Alexander Samson       124

      7 Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens
      Brian Dix 151

      Index 183

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