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Charles R. Young, ed.
The Twelfth-Century Renaissance.
Published New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
Series: European Problem Studies.
SBN 030798051.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 162x234x8mm.
Page count: [vi],116pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the covers on this copy are a bit scuffed, some frays on the edges and corners; some foxing on the page edges; the spine is a bit wrinkled and frayed, but not otherwise creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 201g.

How to order this book

Please note: the book is intended as an introductory reader, so the selections are extracted from longer books or articles, and have their titles changed from the original publications.

Contents:
Munro, Period of new life;
Haskins, Renaissance of the 12th c.;
Heer, An open society;
Southern, Latin culture becomes widespread;
Leclerq, Monastic culture as link with Antiquity;
Sanford, History as a continuous thread;
Heckscher, Classical concepts in a new setting;
Liebeschütz, A new Christian humanism;
Gilson, Philosophical humanism in the 13th c.;
Paré, Brunet & Tremblay, Scholasticism as a Renaissance;
Knowles, Difference between scholasticism & humanism;
Ghellinck, Scholasticism as destructive of humanist tradition;
Nitze, Contrasts outweigh the similarities [on Italian & 12th‑c. Renaissances];
Renucci, Italian Renaissance as outgrowth of 12th‑c. Renaissance;
Kristeller, Call for historical pluralism.

Illustrations: 1, monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 'suggested additional readings', 4pp
Index: no

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