Challenges to Authority: The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry, Volume 3

By: Peter Elmer

Book Overview

The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by developments in various other spheres of early modern life and culture. Foremost among these were the religious changes initiated by the Protestant Reformation, which are discussed in the opening chapters of this book. Religious and cultural developments in Germany are contrasted with sixteenth-century Spain and are further explored through the study of the picaresque novel Lazarillo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300082207
• ISBN13: 9780300082203
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.7"