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A Usable Past : Essays in European Cultural History /

The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bouwsma, William J. (William James), 1923-2004
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1990.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (460 pages).
ISBN:9780520910140