ABSTRACT

An up-to-date synthesis of the spread and impact of humanism in Europe. A team of Renaissance scholars of international reputation including Peter Burke, Sydney Anglo, George Holmes and Geoffrey Elton, offers the student, academic and general reader an up-to-date synthesis of our current understanding of the spread and impact of humanism in Europe. Taken together, these essays throw a new and searching light on the Renaissance as a European phenomenon.


chapter 1|22 pages

The Spread of Italian Humanism

chapter 2|20 pages

Humanism and Reform Movements

chapter 3|23 pages

Humanism and Political Thought

chapter 4|33 pages

Humanism and the Court Arts

chapter 5|19 pages

Humanism, Magic and Science

chapter 6|19 pages

Humanism in Italy

chapter 7|27 pages

Humanism in the Low Countries

chapter 8|38 pages

Humanism in France

chapter 9|18 pages

Humanism in Germany

chapter 11|20 pages

Humanism in England