{"product_id":"the-two-latin-cultures-and-the-foundation-of-renaissance-humanism-in-medieval-italy-hardback-9780521764742","title":"The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy (Hardback) 9780521764742","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book traces the intellectual life of Italy, where humanism began a century before it influenced the rest of Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald G. Witt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521764742, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e618 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.3 x 3.6 cm, 1.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a book that no one with an interest in the intellectual history of medieval Italy can possibly afford to ignore; it is a book furthermore that is a landmark in the discussion of the origins of the Renaissance, and will surely remain an essential point of reference, not only for the remarkable synthesis that it offers, but for the way in which it puts its material at the reader's disposal in a bibliography and outstanding analytical index that between them account for one fifth of the volume. Such technical generosity allied to the scholarly generosity of spirit that infuses every phase of the argument is rare indeed, and can only be the mark of wisdom as Socrates described it.' Nicholas Mann, Nexus Institute (https:\/\/www.nexus-instituut.nl\/en\/nexus-review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book traces the intellectual life of the Kingdom of Italy, the area in which humanism began in the mid thirteenth century, a century or more before exerting its influence on the rest of Europe. Covering a period of over four and a half centuries, this study offers the first integrated analysis of Latin writings produced in the area, examining not only religious, literary, and legal texts. Ronald G. Witt characterizes the changes reflected in these Latin writings as products of the interaction of thought with economic, political, and religious tendencies in Italian society as well as with intellectual influences coming from abroad. His research ultimately traces the early emergence of humanism in northern Italy in the mid thirteenth century to the precocious development of a lay intelligentsia in the region, whose participation in the culture of Latin writing fostered the beginnings of the intellectual movement which would eventually revolutionize all of Europe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Two Latin Cultures of Medieval Italy: 1. The Carolingian conquest\u003cbr\u003e 2. Italy and the Ottonian renaissance\u003cbr\u003e 3. The golden age of traditional book culture and the birth of a new book culture (1000–1075)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Birth of New Order: 4. The investiture conflict and the emergence of the communes\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Dominance of the Legal-Rhetorical Mentality: 5. The triumph of the legal culture\u003cbr\u003e 6. The institutional structure of education, 1100–1180\u003cbr\u003e 7. Literary creativity in an age of intensifying legal-rhetorical culture\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The French Renaissance of the Twelfth Century: 8. French literary and scholarly achievement in the twelfth century\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Toward a Broader Intellectual Life: 9. The destabilization of the elites and the expanding market for education\u003cbr\u003e 10. New knowledge and the tempering of the legal-rhetorical culture\u003cbr\u003e 11. The development of the traditional disciplines and the resolution of the crisis of language\u003cbr\u003e 12. The return to antiquity\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909130772760,"sku":"9780521764742","price":152.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521764742i_0f96ee2a-4fed-42dd-a019-cee10350d4b9.jpg?v=1691380871","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-two-latin-cultures-and-the-foundation-of-renaissance-humanism-in-medieval-italy-hardback-9780521764742","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}