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  • The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, published in 1860, is a groundbreaking work that examines the social, cultural, and intellectual rebirth in Italy during the Renaissance. Burckhardt's analysis marked a departure from traditional historical approaches, focusing less on political events and more on the spirit, individualism, and artistic achievements ... Read more

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  • The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Dive into the rich tapestry that was the Italian Renaissance with this masterwork from Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Considered to be a seminal example of historiography of the era, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy plunges readers into an immersive experience of a uniquely significant period. ... Read more

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  • The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    THIS work bears the title of an essay in the strictest sense of the word. No one is more conscious than the writer with what limited means and strength he has addressed himself to a task so arduous. And even if he could look with greater confidence upon his own researches, he would hardly thereby feel more assured of the approval of competent judges. To each eye, perhaps, the outlines of a given ... Read more

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  • The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

    Unabridged Edition with Footnotes

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Translated by Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore ...
    Jacob Burckhardt played a pivotal role in shaping historical thought and our understanding of the European Renaissance. His work, particularly this renowned treatise, forged a groundbreaking vision of that period, placing it at the center of reflections on European culture and identity. Burckhardt had the insight to perceive the substantial discontinuity between the medieval and Renaissance eras, ... Read more

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  • The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Renaissance: Art, Humanism, and Society in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt, Duncan Whitaker ...
    Translated by S. G. C. Middlemore ...
    Jacob Burckhardt's seminal work, "The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy," offers an intricate examination of the cultural, political, and social dynamics that characterized Italy during the Renaissance. Burckhardt's literary style is both analytical and evocative, weaving historical narrative with profound philosophical insights. His work critically engages with the renaissance as a ... Read more

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    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Narrated by Geoffrey Howard ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 10 min

    This great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance.Within the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt finds the first stirrings of the modern world—and in the Renaissance Italian, the first modern man. In this landmark study of Italy from the fourteenth through the early ... Read more

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  • The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Jacob Burckhardt was born in 1818 in Basel, Switzerland. He studied history at the University of Berlin and taught art history and the Italian Renaissance in Berlin and Basel. His essay, as he called The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, was first published in 1860. Rich in its detailed account of the arts, fashions, manners, and thought of one of the most innovative eras in human history, ... Read more

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  • Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is an 1860 work on the Italian Renaissance by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Together with his History of the Renaissance in Italy (1867) it is counted among the classics of Renaissance historiography. ... Read more

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  • The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Translated by S. Middlemore ...
    For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts the Italian city-states of Florence, Venice and Rome as providing the seeds of a new form of society, ... Read more

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  • The Civilization Of The Renaissance In Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Burckhardt's the most influential interpretation of the Italian Renaissance in the 19th century. The book is about political and economic changes taking place in the West of his day. Burckhardt has traced the cultural patterns of evolution from the medieval period to the awakening of modern fortitude and creativity of the Renaissance. A treat for all history lovers! ... Read more

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  • The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Jacob Burckhardt was a European historian and critic of the nineteenth century who is commonly referred to as the world’s first cultural historian. He believed that historical writings should describe the spirit, forms of expression, people, and setting of a particular era. He viewed the Italian Renaissance as the world’s finest period of culture and chose it as the subject of his most well-known ... Read more

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  • The Civilization of Renaissance in Italy

    by Jacob Burckhardt ...
    Classic 19th century history book. According to Wikipedia: "Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (May 25, 1818, Basel, Switzerland – August 8, 1897, Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in ... Read more

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