A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe

by Malcolm Vale

Book Overview

The concept of a 'Renaissance' in the arts, in thought, and in more general culture North of the Alps often evokes the idea of a cultural transplant which was not indigenous to, or rooted in, the society from which it emerged. Classic definitions of the European 'Renaissance' during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries have seen it as what was in effect an Italian import into the Gothic North.

Yet there were certainly differences, divergences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780763859
• ISBN13: 9781780763859
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"