Challenges to Authority. The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry.

Elmer, Peter (ed.):

ISBN 10: 0300082207 / ISBN 13: 9780300082203

Published by New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2000

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XV, 418 p. Einband mit Gebrauchsspuren, einige Seiten mit Kugelschreiberanstreichungen / Binding with signs of handling, some pages with ballpoint pen markings. - Contents Preface Introduction PETER ELMER 1 Renaissance and reform ANNE LAURENCE Introduction Reform before the Reformation Humanism and reform Humanism in pre-Reformation Germany The prelude to reform Luther Luther and humanism Luther and spiritual reform Luther and institutional reform Melanchthon Zwingli Calvin The Protestant Reformation: a Renaissance of the north? 2 The spread of reform ANNE LAURENCE Introduction The study of reform Augsburg Zwickau The Peasants' War The progress of reform: success or failure? Reform outside Germany: counter-reform or Catholic reform? Conclusion 3 The representation of reform ANNE LAURENCE, DAVID MATEER AND NICK WEBB Reform and ritual The debate about images: iconoclasm and iconophobia Reform and portraiture: Luther as 'hero' Music and the culture of reform Reformation and Renaissance visual culture 4 Lazarillo de Tormes KEITH WHITLOCK Introduction Background Lazarillo: humanist parody? Lazarillo and the humanist critique of poverty Autobiography: truth or fiction? Lazarillo as social commentary The friar, the pardoner and Luther The tambourine-painter, the chaplain and prosperity The constable, the civil service and illuminist vocabulary Anti-Spanish propaganda Western literary tradition: genealogy and innovation 5 Did science have a Renaissance? PETER ELMER Introduction Recent developments in the history of Renaissance science The Renaissance and the scientific revolution The anatomical revolution of the sixteenth century Renaissance natural philosophy Natural philosophy, the court and the role of patronage Galileo, the Medici, and scientific patronage in Renaissance Italy Conclusion 6 The 'dark side': occult philosophy, magic and witchcraft PETER ELMER Introduction Occult philosophy and Renaissance science Paracelsus and the Paracelsian revolution in medicine Renaissance demonology Conclusion 7 'Out of my door you witch': The Witch of Edmonton RICHARD DANSON BROWN Introduction: representing witches Witchcraft in England Collaboration in The Witch Studying The Witch The literary language of The Witch The Witch and The Merry Wives Conclusion: Renaissance drama and witchcraft 8 Montaigne on Montaigne ANTONY LENTIN Introduction Montaigne and the Essays Montaigne on Renaissance beliefs and attitudes Conclusion Glossary Acknowledgements Index. ISBN 9780300082203 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1060.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Challenges to Authority. The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry.
• Publisher: New Haven, London: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300082207
• ISBN 13: 9780300082203
• Binding: Paperback.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 1060 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Renaissance

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Synopsis

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 de Tormes.

The place of Renaissance science or natural philosophy is also the subject of critical evaluation in this book. Case studies on the anatomical revolution, Galileo and court patronage, and Paracelsus illustrate new approaches in the field. Subsequent chapters explore the Renaissance fascination with witchcraft and demonology in both learned discourse (Pico’s Strix) and popular drama (The Witch of Edmonton). The volume concludes with a study of one of the most influential and provocative writers of the sixteenth century, Michel de Montaigne, whose Essays provide stimulating material for a reassessment of the impact of the Renaissance on contemporary thought.

This volume is the third in a series of three texts designed for the Open University course The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry.

About the Author

Peter Elmer is staff tutor and lecturer in the history of science and technology at The Open University.