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A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe

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The concept of a 'Renaissance' in the arts, in thought, and in more general culture North of the Alps often evokes the idea of a cultural transplant which was not indigenous to, or rooted in, the society from which it emerged. Classic definitions of the European 'Renaissance' during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries have seen it as what was in effect an Italian import into the Gothic North.

Yet there were certainly differences, divergences and dichotomies between North and South which have to be addressed. Here, Malcolm Vale argues for a Northern Renaissance which, while cognisant of Italian developments, displayed strong continuities with the indigenous cultures of northern Europe. But it also contributed novelties and innovations which often tended to stem from, and build upon, those continuities. A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe – while in no way ignoring or diminishing the importance of the Hellenic and Roman legacy – seeks other sources, and different uses of classical antiquity, for a rather different kind of 'Renaissance', if such it was, in the North.

Author: Vale Malcolm
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9781780763859
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2020

Timeline

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1: What was the 'Northern Renaissance'?

Chapter 2: Realism and the Visual Arts

Chapter 3: Humanism in the North

Chapter 4: The Old and the New Devotion

Chapter 5: The Impact of Print

Chapter 6: Wisdom, Folly and the Darker Vision

Conclusion

Malcolm Vale is a Fellow and tutor of History at St John's College, Oxford. He specialises in English and European history in the later middle ages, especially Anglo-French and Anglo-Nederlandish relations. His many publications include The Princely Court: Medieval Courts and Culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380.

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