The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
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.
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The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
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.
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The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

by Charles Homer Haskins
The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

by Charles Homer Haskins

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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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