A Usable Past: Essays in European Cultural History

by William J. Bouwsma

Book Overview

The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520069900
• ISBN13: 9780520069909
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"