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The Italian Renaissance culture and society in Italy /
In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and analyses the ways of thinking and seeing which charac...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Polity Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Ebook Central (EBC)
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles. |
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| Online Access: | Prospector EBC - Click here for access |
| Summary: | In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and analyses the ways of thinking and seeing which characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. Developing a distinctive sociological approach, Peter Burke is concerned with not only the finished works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and others, but also with the social background, patterns of recruitment and means of subsis. |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Available via World Wide Web. |
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Users at some libraries may be required to establish an individual no-charge EBC account, and log in to access the full text. |
| Format: | Users at some libraries may be required to establish an individual no-charge EBC account, and log in to access the full text. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780745679679 0745679676 |