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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674760751
ISBN-139780674760752
eBay Product ID (ePID)510993
Product Key Features
Number of Pages438 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRenaissance of the Twelfth Century
Publication Year1971
SubjectEurope / Renaissance, Europe / General, Europe / Medieval
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorCharles Homer Haskins
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal879.09
Table Of Content1. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2. INTELLECTUAL CENTRES 3. BOOKS AND LIBRARIES 4. THE REVIVAL OF THE LATIN CLASSICS 5. THE LATIN LANGUAGE 6. LATIN POETRY 7. THE REVIVAL OF JURISPRUDENCE 8. HISTORICAL WRITING 9. THE TRANSLATORS FROM GREEK AND ARABIC 10. THE REVIVAL OF SCIENCE 11. THE REVIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY 12. THE BEGINNINGS OF UNIVERSITIES INDEX
SynopsisThe Italian Renaissance was preceded, structured, and, to a significant extent, determined by the Renaissance of the twelfth century which saw the culmination of Romanesque art and the beginnings of the Gothic; the emergence of vernacular languages; the revival of Latin classics, poetry, and Roman law; the recovery of Greek Science and much Greek philosophy; the origins of universities, towns, and the sovereign state.