{"product_id":"the-european-renaissance-9780631198451","title":"The European Renaissance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-examines the place of the Renaissance in European and World history.   Views the culture of Western Europe in co-existence with it's neighbours especially Byzantium and Islam.   Examines the Renaissance movement in the whole of Europe from the centre to the peripheries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nothing by Peter Burke should ever be left unread, and this book displays many of his admirable talents: the unerring eye for evidence, the gift for concise language, the reliable habit of detailed exemplification.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This is a delightfully nimble book distinguished by the coherence of its general structure and the clarity of its connections, qualities which are complemented by the vivid deployment of compressed detail.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Few themes have consumed as much ink as the Italian Renaissance. However, this book by Peter Burke, professor at the University of Cambridge, is original in that it explains, in a suggestive and highly accessible manner, the reasons for the success and spread of the Renaissance spirit throughout Europe between the \u003ci\u003eQuattrocento\u003c\/i\u003e and the 17th century.\" \u003ci\u003eBulletin Quotidien Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Burke's remit remains refreshingly wide-ranging. Here, as in previous titles, he confirms that his metier is the synthetic, and always enviably accessible, introduction.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Framing the Renaissance 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Age of Rediscovery: Early Renaissance 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Reception and Resistance 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Age of Emulation: High Renaissance 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Age of Variety: Late Renaissance 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Domestication of the Renaissance 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: The Renaissance after the Renaissance 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403406451031,"sku":"9780631198451","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631198451.jpg?v=1730483373","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-european-renaissance-9780631198451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}