The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century / Edition 1

by Charles Homer Haskins

Overview

The Italian Renaissance was preceded, structured, and, to a significant extent, determined by the Renaissance of the twelfth century which saw the culmination of Romanesque art and the beginnings of the Gothic; the emergence of vernacular languages; the revival of Latin classics, poetry, and Roman law; the recovery of Greek Science and much Greek philosophy; the origins of universities, towns, and the sovereign state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674760752
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1971
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	439
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.05(d)

Table of Contents

• 1. The Historical Background
• 2. Intellectual Centres
• 3. Books and Libraries
• 4. The Revival of the Latin Classics
• 5. The Latin Language
• 6. Latin Poetry
• 7. The Revival of Jurisprudence
• 8. Historical Writing
• 9. The Translators from Greek and Arabic
• 10. The Revival of Science
• 11. The Revival of Philosophy
• 12. The Beginnings of Universities
• Index

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