The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-860175-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 912 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm

The Renaissance (French for 'rebirth') was a period of intense activity in Europe in thought, culture, philosophy, painting, architecture, sculpture, and writing. This A-Z reference surveys, in around 4000 entries, all aspects of the Renaissance starting from 1415 (battle of Agincourt) and ending at 1618 (outbreak of the Thirty Years War).

The word 'renaissance', French for 'rebirth', perfectly describes the intellectual and cultural revival experienced in Europe, starting early in the 14th century and ending early in the 17th century. The Renaissance was a period of intense activity, the f

INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITORIAL TEAM; THEMATIC INDEX; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE TO THE READER; A-Z ENTRIES; APPENDIX 1 (TABLES OF RULING HOUSES); APPENDIX 2 (PLACE-NAMES IN IMPRINTS); APPENDIX 3 (DATES AT WHICH STATES, CITIES, AND TERRITORIES IN EUROPE ADOPTED THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR); APPENDIX 4 (LIGATURES AND CONTRACTIONS IN RENAISSANCE GREEK); PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Gordon

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

(Professor of Renaissance Literature, University of Leicester)