The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Published in 1860, Burckhardt's great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy remains the single most important and influential account of this crucial moment in the history of the West.

Author: Jacob Burckhardt
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
Published: 04/09/2002
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.26w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780375759260

About the Author
Peter Gay is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and director of the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. His many books include the three-volume The Enlightenment: An Interpretation; Schnitzler's Century: The Making of Middle-Class Culture, 1815-1914; and Freud: A Life for Our Time.