El Renacimiento Europeo

by Peter Burke

Esta coleccion nacio de la voluntad de cinco editores europeos -Laterza, en Italia, Basil Blackwell, en Gran Bretana, Beck Verlag, en Alemania, Le Seuil, en Francia y Critica en Espana- interesados en colaborar, desde el ambito de la historia de la cultura, a la construccion de la Union Europea. Los libros que se han ido publicando en esta coleccion, que recoge autores de todos los paises y que ya ha sido traducida a lenguas como el turco, el japones, el portugues, el checo o el bulgaro, han sido consensuados siempre por los cinco editores y refrendados por el prestigioso historiador medievalista frances Jacques Le Goff, director de la coleccion. En este libro, Peter Burke caracteriza la dimension europea del Renacimiento, estudiando el proceso por el que las nuevas formas culturales llegaron hasta las periferias de nuestro continente, hasta los mundos celta, escandinavo o eslavo, en un proceso que no tuvo nada de acogida pasiva, sino de adaptacion a distintos contextos sociales y culturales a traves de una imitacion creativa.

Genres: History, Renaissance, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Peter Burke is a British historian and professor. He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford, and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College. From 1962 to 1979, he was part of the School of European Studies at Sussex University, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College. Burke is celebrated as a historian not only of the early modern era, but one who emphasizes the relevance of social and cultural history to modern issues. He is married to Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke.

Reviews

[Michael Finocchiaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant, insightful analysis about a well-known but also largely misunderstood period of history.

[DS25 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un classico della storiografia rinascimentale. Testo semplicissimo e scritto molto bene, con tantissimi esempi, dove la spiegazione dell’idea viene spesso sommersa da una serie infinita di nomi ed eventi.
Utile per chi si avvicina alla storia dell’evento rinascimento ma poco propizia per chi vuole approfondire determinati temi.
Resta comunque un testo seminale.

[Chantal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good overview of European Renaissance, boring at times though because of millions enumerations (at least that's what it feels like)

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excursus interessante sulle esperienze periferiche del Rinascimento, descritte nel loro rapporto con i principali centri di diffusione. Non sfugge alla legge dell'elencone.