Recently added articles from Renaissance Quarterly:
Concepts of childhood: what we know and where we might go.
Jun 22, 2007; King, Margaret L. ... 1. INTRODUCTION The history of the history of childhood begins, as everyone knows, with Philippe Aries, whose Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life--an evocative mistranslation of the original title, L'Enfant et la vie familiale sous l'Ancien Regime--burst on ...
"No quyckar merchaundyce than lybrary bokes": John Bale's commodification of manuscript culture.
Jun 22, 2007; Gerhardt, Ernst ... In July 1560, Matthew Parker (1504-75), Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to John Bale seeking information regarding any "bokes of Antiquitie, not printed" that Bale may have had in his possession. (1) Bale replied that "havock" had been made of his library seven years earlier, when he had ...
Civility, comportment, and the anatomy theater: Girolamo Fabrici and his medical students in Renaissance Padua.
Jun 22, 2007; Klestinec, Cynthia ... 1. INTRODUCTION Between January and April 1590, a transalpine student in Padua wrote to the Riformatori dello studio, a group of two to four magistrates appointed by the Venetian Senate to oversee the activities of the university. In his letter, he requests more opportunities to ...
Opening the queen's closet: Henrietta Maria, Elizabeth Cromwell, and the politics of cookery.
Jun 22, 2007; Knoppers, Laura Lunger ... 1. INTRODUCTION A painting by Dutch artist Gerrit Houckgeest, dated 1635, shows Charles I (1600-49), Queen Henrietta Maria, and young Prince Charles dining in a spacious banqueting hall, with black marble pillars and a carved wood mantlepiece on the left and a corridor and ...
Bibliographia Kristelleriana: A Bibliography of the Publications of Paul Oskar Kristeller 1929-1999.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; O'Malley, John W. ... Thomas Gilbhard, ed. Bibliographia Kristelleriana: A Bibliography of the Publications of Paul Oskar Kristeller 1929-1999. Preface by John Monfasani. Sussidi Eruditi 72. Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2006. xxii + 132 pp. index. append. bibl. [euro]25. ISBN: ...
Korrespondenz 1950 bis 1956.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Smith, Jeffrey Chipps ... Erwin Panofsky. Korrespondenz 1950 bis 1956. Ed. Dieter Wuttke. Vol. 3 of Korrespondenz 1910 bis 1968. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006. xxxvi + 1382 pp. index. append. illus. chron. bibl. [euro]180. ISBN: 3-447-05373-9. In spite of the cool, scholarly detachment ...
The Last Days of the Renaissance and the March to Modernity.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Rutherford, David ... Theodore K. Rabb. The Last Days of the Renaissance and the March to Modernity. New York: The Perseus Book Group, 2006. xxiv + 228 pp. + 8 b/w pls. index. illus. bibl. $26. ISBN: 0-465-06801-4. Theodore Rabb notes that in the historiographic wake of Jacob Burckhardt ...
Language and Cultural Change: Aspects of the Study and Use of Language in the Later Middle Ages and the Renaissance.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Furstenberg-Levi, Shulamit ... Lodi Nauta, ed. Language and Cultural Change: Aspects of the Study and Use of Language in the Later Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Groningen Studies in Cultural Change 24. Leuven: Peeters Publishers and Booksellers, 2006. xiv + 224 pp. index. illus. tbls. bibl. [euro]45. ISBN: ...
Funktionen des Humanismus: Studien zum Nutzen des Neuen in der humanistischen Kultur.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Fantazzi, Charles ... Thomas Maissen and Gerrit Walther, eds. Funktionen des Humanismus: Studien zum Nutzen des Neuen in der humanistischen Kultur. Gottingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2006. 416 pp. index. illus. [euro]30. ISBN: 3-8353-0025-3. This collection of essays derives from an ...
Gardens of Philosophy: Ficino on Plato.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Kaske, Carol V. ... Marsilio Ficino. Gardens of Philosophy: Ficino on Plato. Trans. Arthur Farndell. London: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd., 2006. xiv + 192 pp. index. append. $34.95. ISBN: 0-85683-240-5. This work is a translation of Ficino's "shorter commentaries or summaries" (Clement ...
Pico's Heptaplus and Biblical Hermeneutics.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Dougherty, M.V. ... Crofton Black. Pico's Heptaplus and Biblical Hermeneutics. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, Religion, Ideas 116. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. xiv + 266 pp. index, append. bibl. $139. ISBN: 90-04-15315-2. This volume ...
The Quest for Epic: From Ariosto to Tasso.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Calabritto, Monica ... Sergio Zatti. The Quest for Epic: From Ariosto to Tasso. Intro. by Albert Russell Ascoli. Ed. Dennis Looney. Trans. Sally Hill and Dennis Looney. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. viii + 316 pp. index. bibl. $29.95. ISBN: 0-8020-9373-6. Sergio Zatti's ...
"Il ricco edificio": Arte allusiva nella.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Stephens, Walter ... Raffaele Antonio Ruggiero. "Il ricco edificio": Arte allusiva nella Gerusalemme Liberata. Biblioteca dell' "Archivum Romanicum" Series 1: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia 328. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2005. xxii + 194 pp. index. bibl. [euro]22. ISBN: 88-222-5466-X. ...
Staging the Pastoral: Tasso's Aminta and the Emergence of Modern Western Theater.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Sampson, Lisa ... Maria Galli Stampino. Staging the Pastoral: Tasso's Aminta and the Emergence of Modern Western Theater. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 280. Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005. xviii + 310 pp. index. illus. bibl. $46. ISBN: ...
L'arte del buffone: Maschere e spettacolo tra Italia e Bavaria nel XVI secolo.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Henke, Robert ... Daniele Vianello. L'arte del buffone: Maschere e spettacolo tra Italia e Bavaria nel XVI secolo. La Commedia dell'Arte. Storia testi documenti 7. Rome: Bulzoni Editore, 2005. 448 pp. + 38 color and 9 b/w pls. append. illus. bibl. [euro]30. ISBN: 88-7870-086-X. Even ...
Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Morse, Victoria M. ... Christine Shaw, ed. Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530. History of Warfare 38. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. xxx + 318 pp. index. illus. tbls. $142. ISBN: 90-04-15163-X. The Italian wars and contemporary rulers have been the subject ...
At the Centre of the Old World: Trade and Manufacturing in Venice and the Venetian Mainland, 1400-1800.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Grubb, James S. ... Paola Lanaro, ed. At the Centre of the Old World: Trade and Manufacturing in Venice and the Venetian Mainland, 1400-1800. Essays and Studies 9. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2006. 412 pp. index. illus. tbls. map. gloss. $32. ISBN: 0-7727-2031-2. ...
The Justice of Venice: Authorities and Liberties in the Urban Economy, 1550-1700.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Kohl, Benjamin G. ... James E. Shaw. The Justice of Venice, Authorities and Liberties in the Urban Economy, 1550-1700. The British Academy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. x + 246 pp. index. tbls. gloss. bibl. $65. ISBN: 0-19-726377-1. For over a century, the study of one or another ...
Cola di Rienzo e il comune di Roma.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Musto, Ronald G. ... Andreas Rehberg and Anna Modigliani. Cola di Rienzo e il comune di Roma. 2 vols. Rome: RR Inedita, 2004. Vol. 1: Andreas Rehberg. Clientele e fazioni nell'azione politica di Cola di Rienzo. ii + 212 pp. index. bibl. Vol. 2: Anna Modigliani. L'eredita di Cola di Rienzo: Gli ...
Heresy, Culture, and Religion in Early Modern Italy: Contexts and Contestations.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; Black, Christopher F. ... Ronald K. Delph, Michelle M. Fontaine, and John Jeffries Martin, eds. Heresy, Culture, and Religion in Early Modern Italy: Contexts and Contestations. Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies 76. Kirksville: Truman State University Press, 2006. xiv + 266 pp. index. illus. bibl ....