The Last Days of the Renaissance & the March to Modernity
by Rabb, Theodore K
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0465068014
- ISBN 13
- 9780465068012
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New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2006. xxiii, 246 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Theodore K. Rabb on the half-title page, no dedication. A near-fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "There is little debate that the Renaissance began at the end of the fourteenth century. Its end, though, is much more difficult to pin down. Here, for the first time, renowned classicist Theodore Rabb defines the changes that marked the shift away from the Renaissance to Modernity, and explains why these changes took place. The European Renaissance is usually characterized by the belief that a distinct antique civilization represented the ideal for all human endeavors. But there were other unities that defined the era: a shift in the role of the aristocracy from a warrior class to a cultural elite, a growth in education, a more thoughtful probing into the sciences, and the use of the arts for nonreligious purposes.By the dawn of the seventeenth century, four developments had swept over the world, altering these unities and ending the Renaissance: a break with the period's obsession with the past, which invited openness to innovation; a quest for central political control to cure increasing instability; a change in direction of people's passion and enthusiasm; and a new commitment to reason. With thoughtful, wide-lens scholarship and close, detailed looks throughout at the significant moments of change, Rabb offers us a radically new understanding of one of the most pivotal shifts in modern history. / Theodore K. Rabb is a professor of Renaissance and early modern history at Princeton University. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Renaissance Lives." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Last Days of the Renaissance & the March to Modernity
- Author
- Rabb, Theodore K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0465068014
- ISBN 13
- 9780465068012
- Publisher
- Basic Books; Perseus
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / 4. Renaissance; XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Aesthetics;
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