Renaissances : the one or the many?

Author:

Goody, Jack

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Subject:

Renaissance
Europe - Civilization - Foreign influences
Europe - Relations - Asia
Asia - Relations - Europe
Civilization, Modern

ISBN:

9780521768016, 0521768012, 9780521745161, 0521745160, 9780521768016 (hbk.), 0521768012 (hbk.), 9780521745161 (pbk.), and 0521745160 (pbk.)

Description:

ix, 322 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[288]-303) and index

Contents:

The idea of a renaissance -- Montpellier and medicine in Europe -- Religion and the secular -- Rebirth in Islam (with S. Fennell) -- Emancipation and efflorescence in Judaism -- Cultural continuity in India (with S. Fennell) -- Renaissance in China (with S. Fennell) -- Were renascences only European?

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

CB361 .G67 2010

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