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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Paperback)

by Hajo Holborn (Afterword), Jacob Burckhardt (Author), Peter Gay (Introduction) "This work bears the title of an essay in the strictest sense of the word ..." (more)

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Modern Library; New edition edition (April 9 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375759263
ISBN-13: 978-0375759260
Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.4 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 309 g

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”—Hajo Holborn

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Published in 1860, Burckhardt’s great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy remains the single most important and influential account of this crucial moment in the history of the West.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best edition., Jul 27 2003

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Yes, this is still the standard for studies of the Renaissance. But the book deserves a better edition: especially one with relevant illustrations on the page. The best I've seen is the 1958 two-volume Illustrated Edition by the Perennial Library of Harper & Row: not only are all notes conventiently at the bottom of the page, but over 240 illustrations grace the text, usually next to the mention of the subject. Too bad it is out of print. I hope an enterprising publisher will rise to the challenge.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Burckhardt the Prescient Historian, Jul 26 1999

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This review is from: The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Hardcover)

For much of the last 139 years, Jacob Burckhardt's work has been dismissed as too "Nineteenth Century" for serious study: more literature than serious history. So much the pity. What Burckhardt left us in The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is a magisterial, thematic, understanding of the Italian Renaissance that is far more 1990's in its observations and human understandings than its original 1860's. It is a shame that Burckhardt's famous pupil, Nietzsche, didn't learn a little more balance and discretion at his elder's feet. This book is a joy to read. Like Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, this work shows us how history can engage the spirit, and how far off the mark some modern historians have gone with their more "scholarly" work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Ciivilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Nov 1 2002

By	Roxanna Cain (Panama City Panama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A better book could not have fallen into my hands! An American professor in Venice recommended it, and after I read it I was only sorry I had not read it before going to Italy. The mystery of its medieval, rather Renaissance cities (Florence, Venice, among others) would have been clearer; even today's Italians' ways and personality. So much a product of Renaissance Italy...and its wonderful heritage from Ancient Rome. I truly recommend this book for Italy lovers, anyone going there soon, or for the sheer joy of reading a good history book. Jacob Burckkhardt is one of the most intelligent, enlightened historians I know.

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