Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla

by Martha King and Riccardo Fubini

The Renaissance movement known as humanism eventually spread from Italy through all of western Europe, transforming early modern culture in ways that are still being felt and debated. Central to these debates--and to this book--is the question of whether (and how) the humanist movement contributed to the secularization of Western cultural traditions at the end of the Middle Ages. A preeminent scholar of Italian humanism, Riccardo Fubini approaches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330024
• ISBN13: 9780822330028
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.6"