Hybrid Renaissance: A New Perspective on Hybridization

by Peter Burke

Overview

Hybrid Renaissance introduces the idea that the Renaissance in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in the world beyond Europe is an example of cultural hybridization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789633860878
Publisher:	Central European University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2015
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter Burke is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Life Fellow at Emmanuel College.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Preface and Acknowledgements xi

Introduction: An Expanding Renaissance 1

Chapter 1 The Idea of Hybridity 11

Chapter 2 The Geography of Hybridity 43

Chapter 3 Translating Architecture 53

Chapter 4 Hybrid Arts 77

Chapter 5 Hybrid Languages 97

Chapter 6 Hybrid Literatures 113

Chapter 7 Music, Law and humanism 135

Chapter 8 Hybrid Philosophies 153

Chapter 9 Translating Gods 173

Coda. Counter-Hybridization 199

Notes 207

Bibliography 223

Index 253

Editorial Reviews

"Amelang covers an impressive amount of urban territory in this short and chatty book, raising more fascinating questions than the constraints of the text allow him to answer. It is recommended reading for any scholar of early modern European cities, and would be particularly stimulating for a graduate student in search of a topic. Less of a polished argument than a wide-ranging conversation with a generous and erudite elder historian, it is sure to leave its readers anxious to explore early modern Europe’s winding streets and changing vistas on their own."—Eleanor Hubbard, Journal of Modern History

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