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England and the Italian Renaissance: The Growth of Interest in its History and Art
This fourth edition of Sir John Hale's classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance includes a detailed introduction by Edward Chaney surveying scholarly developments since the book was first published.
Fourth edition of Sir John Hale's classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance, first published in 1954.
The book's focus on fundamental issues and basis in little-read primary sources ensures that it endures as an important contribution to historical scholarship. Clear, chronological narrative, beautifully written.
Provides essential understanding of the period, illuminating both British and Italian cultural history.
The fourth edition includes a new introduction by Edward Chaney who is an expert on Anglo-Italian cultural relations.
Chaney surveys the scholarship of the last 50 years and supplies an up-to-date bibliography.
Fourth edition of Sir John Hale's classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance, first published in 1954.
The book's focus on fundamental issues and basis in little-read primary sources ensures that it endures as an important contribution to historical scholarship. Clear, chronological narrative, beautifully written.
Provides essential understanding of the period, illuminating both British and Italian cultural history.
The fourth edition includes a new introduction by Edward Chaney who is an expert on Anglo-Italian cultural relations.
Chaney surveys the scholarship of the last 50 years and supplies an up-to-date bibliography.
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220 pages, Paperback
Published November 22, 2005
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May 4, 2022
They don't write books like this anymore, do they?
Modern milennialists would cry out like babies for another 'renaissance'...the excision of long words, long sentences, unknown names & untranslated quotations in Italian, French &, ye gods!, German too! A wokie's nightmare! But it is very well-written, if achaically verbose & dense, in its 1950s style, full of penetrating insights into what to, & when, the term 'Renaissance' can be suitably & correctly applied. (Raphael seems to be a benchmark...even if he used a paintbrush on his frescoes!).
Not an easy read, but you will find many names that you might like to investigate if you kid yourself you know your Cimabue from your Pinturrichio!!
Modern milennialists would cry out like babies for another 'renaissance'...the excision of long words, long sentences, unknown names & untranslated quotations in Italian, French &, ye gods!, German too! A wokie's nightmare! But it is very well-written, if achaically verbose & dense, in its 1950s style, full of penetrating insights into what to, & when, the term 'Renaissance' can be suitably & correctly applied. (Raphael seems to be a benchmark...even if he used a paintbrush on his frescoes!).
Not an easy read, but you will find many names that you might like to investigate if you kid yourself you know your Cimabue from your Pinturrichio!!
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