Synopses & Reviews
A volume in the Problems in European Civilization series, this book features a collection of secondary source essays focusing on aspects of the Renaissance and humanist beliefs. The proven PEC format features key scholarship, chapter and essay introductions, and extensive, up-to-date suggestions for further reading. All selections in the text are edited for both content and length.
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"A very good selection [of essays] that will serve as a superb introduction to the historiography on the Renaissance."
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"This book proposal is well conceived and well executed, and the resulting book should be a boon to teachers of the Renaissance. ... I would be delighted to use the book in my course. ..."
About the Author
Professor Schiffman is the chair of the history department at Northeastern Illinois University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has received faculty excellence awards from his university, where he teaches a variety of courses on Renaissance history. He has published numerous articles on the Renaissance and a book on the French Renaissance (John Hopkins University Press). His background in Renaissance studies makes him well-suited for this project. The book includes one of his own articles, "Renaissance Historicism Reconsidered."
Table of Contents
I. Originality and Continuity in the Renaissance Jacob Burckhardt, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Johan Huizinga, The Waning of the Middle Ages Charles Homer Haskins, The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century Erwin Panofsky, Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art II. The Nature of Humanism Paul Oskar Kristeller, Humanism and Scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance Hanna H. Gray, Renaissance Humanism: The Pursuit of Eloquence Charles Trinkaus, In Our Image and Likeness William J. Bouwsma, The Two Faces of Humanism: Stoicism and Augustinianism in Renaissance Thought Margaret L. King, Book-Lined Cells: Women and Humanism in the Early Italian Renaissance III. Humanism and Politics Hans Baron, The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance Jerrold E. Seigel, Rhetoric and Philosophy in Renaissance Humanism Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought Anthony Grafton, Humanism and Political Theory IV. Humanism in Theory and Practice Thomas M. Greene, The Light in Troy: Imitation and Discovery in Renaissance Poetry Anthony Grafton and Lisa Jardine, From Humanism to the Humanities Paul F. Grendler, Schooling in Renaissance Italy V. Humanism and History Theodor E. Mommsen, Petrarch's Conception of the "Dark Ages" Myron P. Gilmore, The Renaissance Conception of the Lessons of History Donald R. Kelley, Guilllaume Bude and the First Historical School of Law Zachary S. Schiffman, Renaissance Historicism Reconsidered