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The Counter-Renaissance

Hiram Haydn

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Description:A survey of the intellectual world of that central period of the Renaissance which Haydn calls the ""counter revolution"" -- a scholarly work, of tremendous scope and challenging conclusions, somewhat at odds with other students of the period. He sees the period, chiefly centered in the 16th century, as in rebellion against the humanism of the first phase of the Renaissance, but rooted deeply in that era, and providing in its turn the springboard for the third panel of Scientific Reformation. He surveys the contradictory character of the Elizabethans, the historical, political, ethical aspects of rejection and rebellion. He sees this period as anti-intellectual, anti-moralistic, anti-authoritarian, a revolt against reason, one sweeping movement penetrating theology, literature, natural sciences, demanding first hand experience, the faith of the lowly. Paradoxes were many and he illustrates in the work of such eminent writers as Donne and Bacon, Machiavelli and Montaigne, Rabelais, Luther, Calvin, Shakespeare. He sees the Counter Revolution in the field of law- of the vanity of learning- of science- and explores its conflicts. The final chapters make signal contribution and a somewhat fresh interpretation of Shakespeare, who used the conflicts of his day for dramatic purposes, as evidenced (by Haydn) in Hamlet, King Lear, Othello- and some of the historical dramas. The intellectual world which he studies here was Shakespeare's world, and though he does not claim him solely as representing the Counter Revolution, he sees him as one of its many facets. A book for scholars.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Counter-Renaissance. To get started finding The Counter-Renaissance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A survey of the intellectual world of that central period of the Renaissance which Haydn calls the ""counter revolution"" -- a scholarly work, of tremendous scope and challenging conclusions, somewhat at odds with other students of the period. He sees the period, chiefly centered in the 16th century, as in rebellion against the humanism of the first phase of the Renaissance, but rooted deeply in that era, and providing in its turn the springboard for the third panel of Scientific Reformation. He surveys the contradictory character of the Elizabethans, the historical, political, ethical aspects of rejection and rebellion. He sees this period as anti-intellectual, anti-moralistic, anti-authoritarian, a revolt against reason, one sweeping movement penetrating theology, literature, natural sciences, demanding first hand experience, the faith of the lowly. Paradoxes were many and he illustrates in the work of such eminent writers as Donne and Bacon, Machiavelli and Montaigne, Rabelais, Luther, Calvin, Shakespeare. He sees the Counter Revolution in the field of law- of the vanity of learning- of science- and explores its conflicts. The final chapters make signal contribution and a somewhat fresh interpretation of Shakespeare, who used the conflicts of his day for dramatic purposes, as evidenced (by Haydn) in Hamlet, King Lear, Othello- and some of the historical dramas. The intellectual world which he studies here was Shakespeare's world, and though he does not claim him solely as representing the Counter Revolution, he sees him as one of its many facets. A book for scholars.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Counter-Renaissance. To get started finding The Counter-Renaissance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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