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The 16th century in France was a remarkable period of literary creation (the language of this period is called Middle French).The use of the printing press (aiding the diffusion of works by ancient Latin and Greek authors; the printing press was introduced in 1470 in Paris, and in 1473 in Lyon), the development of Renaissance humanism and Neoplatonism, and the discovery (through the wars in ...
Literature in English Society before 1660: Volume One, The Middle Ages. Seoul: Sogang University Press, 1997; Literature in English Society: Part Two, The Renaissance 1485 - 1660. Seoul: Sogang University Press, 1998; Textual Criticism of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Brother Anthony and Lee Dong-Chun. Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2002.
De re aedificatoria, title page of the 1541 edition Title page of 1550 edition, Florence. De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) is a classic architectural treatise written by Leon Battista Alberti between 1443 and 1452. [1]
Renaissance literature refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance.The literature of the Renaissance was written within the general movement of the Renaissance, which arose in 14th-century Italy and continued until the mid-17th century in England while being diffused into the rest of the western world. [1]
Professor Bartlett has published widely including more than a dozen books, contributions to more than 25 other books, and two dozen scholarly articles. His opinions on scholarly publications in the field of Renaissance Italy are widely solicited, witnessed by his publication of more than one hundred book reviews.
Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous wars, especially with France, along with the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the Restoration of Charles II, the Glorious Revolution ...
The Klencke Atlas is commissioned by Dutch merchants as a gift to King Charles II of England; at 1.75 metres (5 feet 9 inches) tall it is one of the world's largest books. Danish writer Birgitte Thott is given permission by King Frederick III of Denmark to receive an annual grant from the Soro Academy to pursue her studies, expand her library ...
The Renaissance has a long and complex historiography, and in line with general skepticism of discrete periodizations, there has been much debate among historians reacting to the 19th-century glorification of the "Renaissance" and individual cultural heroes as "Renaissance men", questioning the usefulness of Renaissance as a term and as a ...