Humanism and the Northern Renaissance

Kenneth R Barlett

ISBN 10: 1551301784 / ISBN 13: 9781551301785

Published by Canadian Scholars, 2000

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This is a selection of primary source documents tracing the development of the culture, thought, politics, and religion of Northern Europe, from the Council of Constance to William Harvey's description of the circulation of the blood. The book will prove an excellent reader for any course of Early Modern Europe. Its wide selection of documents, covering most of Northern Europe from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth century, will introduce students to the complexity of the cultures that defined the work of the Northern Renaissance and the coming of the Reformation. Writers include: John Calvin, Conrad Celtis, Cervantes, Charles V of Spain, Erasmus, Guillaume Filastre, William Harvey, Thomas a Kempis, Ignatius Loyala, Martin Luther, Peter of Mladonovice, Sir Thomas More, Marguerite de Navarre, Nostradamus, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Puis II), Francois Rabelais, William Roper, St. Teresa of Avila, Juan Luis Vives, John Wyclif.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Humanism and the Northern Renaissance
• Publisher: Canadian Scholars
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551301784
• ISBN 13: 9781551301785
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Humanism and the Northern Renaissance is a selection of primary source documents tracing the development of the culture, thought, politics and religion of Northern Europe from the Council of Constance to William Harvey's description of circulation of the blood.

This book will prove an excellent reader for any course on Early Modern Europe. Its wide selection of documents, covering most of Northern Europe from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth century, will introduce students to the complexity of the cultures that defined the world of the Northern Renaissance and the coming of the Reformation.

About the Author

Kenneth R Bartlett is Professor of History and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, University of Toronto. He is the author of several books. From 1996 to 1998, Professor Bartlett served as the founding director of the University of Toronto Act Centre. Margaret McGlynn received her PhD from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She is Assistant Professor of History at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.