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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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This book deals with the religious aspects and consequences of the Renaissance and Humanism. It is therefore advisable that these terms should first be defined to some extent. By Re naissance is meant here the new element in Western European culture, which became more and more evident in Italy during the I5th century and in about I500 completely dominated the great minds in that country. In the I6th century this new ele ment was carried to the countries on the other side of the Alps, where it developed vigorously during that century. The new element in that culture is found in the plastic arts, literature, philosophy and also - and this is the subject of the present study - in a modified religious attitude. The following chapters will show the content of this last change. Problems such as: what in general characterizes the Renaissance, by what was it caused, when did it begin and, in particular, whether the Re naissance forms a sharp contrast to the Middle Ages or whether it is a direct continuation of it, will not be discussed here. It will be clear from the above definition that I have placed first and foremost those things in the Renaissance which distinguish it from the Middle Ages.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The two reformations in the 16th century
Authors: H. A. Enno van Gelder
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9562-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 1961
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9562-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 406
Topics: History, general