{"product_id":"locus-amoenus-gardens-and-horticulture-in-the-renaissance-paperback-softback-9781444361513","title":"Locus Amoenus; Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance (Paperback \/ softback) 9781444361513","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLocus Amoenus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander Samson (Edited by), A Samson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444361513, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus Amoenus\u003c\/i\u003e provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors come from a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, scholars and the librarian and archivist to the Royal Horticultural Society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRichly illustrated throughout\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on contributors ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eLocus amoenus\u003c\/i\u003e: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Samson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The world of the Renaissance herbal\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrent Elliott\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e24\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English ‘Renaissance’ garden\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e42\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia Lazzaro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e70\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dissembling his art: ‘Gascoigne’s Gardnings’\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan C. Staub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e95\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ‘My innocent diversion of gardening’: Mary Somerset’s plants\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Munroe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e111\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the \u003ci\u003ehuerto\u003c\/i\u003e and Lope de Vega’s \u003ci\u003eNovelas a Marcia Leonarda\u003cbr\u003e Alexander Samson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e124\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Dix\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e151\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405524529432,"sku":"9781444361513","price":19.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781444361513.jpg?v=1784136163","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/locus-amoenus-gardens-and-horticulture-in-the-renaissance-paperback-softback-9781444361513","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}