Renaissance Quarterly back issues from June 2008:
Preaching magnificence in Renaissance Florence.
Jun 22, 2008; ... 1. INTRODUCTION Sant' Antonino Pierozzi (1389-1459)--Dominican Friar, reformer, author of a monumental, influential, and widely circulated Summa Theologica, friend and critic of the powerful Medici family--begins the sermon he preached on his accession to the Archbishopric of ...
Printing ritual: the performance of community in Christopher Plantin's La Joyeuse & Magnifique Entree de Monseigneur Francoys ... d'Anjou.(Cover story)
Jun 22, 2008; ... 1. INTRODUCTION In April 1582, the Antwerp publisher Christopher Plantin (1514-89) produced an elaborate folio illustrated with twenty-one etchings and engravings in order to commemorate the blijde inkomst (joyous entry) of Hercule Francois de Valois, Duke d'Anjou and Alencon ...
The pursuit of art and pleasure in the secret grotto of Wilhelm V of Bavaria.
Jun 22, 2008; ... 1. INTRODUCTION Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria (r. 1579-97) abdicated in favor of his son Maximilian (1573-1651) in 1597, leaving behind a mountain of debt, but also a legacy of extravagant art patronage. Under Wilhelm's reign, the capital city of Munich attracted artists from all ...
Ideal men: masculinity and decline in seventeenth-century Spain.
Jun 22, 2008; ... 1. INTRODUCTION In a sermon preached in 1635 in Baena, the Dominican Francisco de Leon makes a series of startling statements about the men of his day. "Where are there men in Spain?" he queries angrily. "What I see are effeminate men ... I see men converted into women." (1) ...
L'inquietudine del Quattrocento.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Remo L. Guidi. L'inquietudine del Quattrocento. Rome: Tielle Media, 2007. 1,118 pp. index. bibl. [euro]92. ISBN: 978-88-87604-32-0. This is Remo Guidi's second book on moral thought in the Quattrocento. The first, Il dibattito sull'uomo nel '400, which appeared in ...
Platonic Theology.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Marsilio Ficino. Platonic Theology. Eds. James Hankins and William Bowen. Trans. Michael J. B. Allen. Vol. 5, Books 15-16. The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 353 pp. index, append. bibl. $29.95. ISBN: 0-674-01719-6. Vol ....
The Reception of Plutarch's Lives in Fifteenth-Century Italy.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Marianne Pade. The Reception of Plutarch's Lives in Fifteenth-Century Italy. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2007. 644 pp. + 18 color pls. index. append. illus. bibl. $105. ISBN: 978-87-635-0532-1. Plutarch's Lives were essential reading in the Italian Renaissance, ...
Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Peter Stacey. Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince. Ideas in Context 79. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ix + 341 pp. index. bibl. $90. ISBN: 978-0-521-86989-8. This informative and provocative study has two essential aims: to reposition Machiavelli ...
L'Aretin et la Bible.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Elise Boillet. L'Aretin et la Bible. Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance 425. Geneva: Librairie Droz S. A., 2007. 587 pp. index. illus. bibl. CHF 150. ISBN: 978-2-600-01058-0. The years 1534 and 1535 were prolific for writer Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), best known to ...
Istruire e rappresentare Isabella d'Este: Il Libro de natura de amore di Mario Equicola.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Alessandra Villa. Istruire e rappresentare Isabella d'Este: Il Libro de natura de amore di Mario Equicola. "Morgiana": Collana di Studi e Teste Rinascimentali Diretta da Lina Bolzoni 9. Lucca: Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, 2006. 302 pp. + 4 color pls. index. append. illus. gloss ....
Convent Theatre in Early Modern Italy: Spiritual Fun and Learning for Women.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Elissa B. Weaver. Convent Theatre in Early Modern Italy: Spiritual Fun and Learning for Women. Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Reprint. index. append. illus. bibl. $52. ISBN: 978-0-521-03902-4. Thanks to ...
Filippo Cavagni da Lavagna: Editore, tipografo, commerciante a Milano nel Quattrocento.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Arnaldo Ganda. Filippo Cavagni da Lavagna: Editore, tipografo, commerciante a Milano nel Quattrocento. Storia della tipografia e del commercio librario 7. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2006. 290 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. bibl. [euro]29. ISBN: 978-88-222-5571-6. The ...
Education and Society in Florentine Tuscany: Teachers, Pupils and Schools, c. 1250-1500.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Robert Black. Education and Society in Florentine Tuscany: Teachers, Pupils and Schools, c. 1250-1500. Vol. 1. Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 29. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xxvii + 838 pp. index. append. tbls. bibl. $199. ISBN: 978-90-04-15853-5. ...
The Politics of Exclusion in Early Renaissance Florence.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Fabrizio Ricciardelli. The Politics of Exclusion in Early Renaissance Florence. Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies 12. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2007. xiv + 294 pp. index. gloss. bibl. [euro]60. ISBN: 978-2-503-52389-7. Ricciardelli's intent is to investigate ...
Potere e carita a Montevarchi nel XVI secolo: Storia di un centro minore della Toscana medicea.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Lorenzo Picciolo. Potere e carita a Montevarchi nel XVI secolo: Storia di un centro minore della Toscana medicea. Biblioteca di Storia Toscana Moderna e Contemporanea Studi e Documenti 53. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2006. vii + 390 pp. index, append. illus. tbls. chron. bibl ....
Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... David S. Chambers. Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe. London: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2006. xxii + 234 pp. index. illus. map. bibl. $55. ISBN: 978-1-84511-178-6. Few scholars possess as intimate a knowledge of the ...
Papal Banking in Renaissance Rome: Benvenuto Olivieri and Paul III, 1534-1549.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Francesco Guidi Bruscoli. Papal Banking in Renaissance Rome: Benvenuto Olivieri and Paul III, 1534-1549. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. xxvi + 313 pp. index. append. tbls. bibl. $99.95. ISBN: 978-0-7546-0732-8. When Benvenuto Olivieri took his first ...
The Likeness of Venice: A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari, 1373-1457.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Dennis Romano. The Likeness of Venice: A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari, 1373-1457. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. xxvi + 468 pp. + 11 color and 45 b/w pls. index. illus. map. bibl. $35. ISBN: 978-0-300-11202-3. Rarely do books live up to their enthusiastic ...
Crime and Justice in Late Medieval Italy.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Trevor Dean. Crime and Justice in Late Medieval Italy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. x + 226 pp. index. bibl. $99. ISBN: 978-0-521-86448-0. Investigating crime offers tantalizing opportunities to study underrepresented elements of society, but this ...
Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Niccolo Capponi. Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007. xxxvi + 412 pp. + 16 b/w pls. index. append. map. gloss. bibl. $27.50. ISBN: 978-0-306-81544-7. Emperor Heraclius (r. 610-41), leading ...
Warrior, Courtier, Singer: Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance of Identity in the Late Renaissance.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Richard Wistreich. Warrior, Courtier, Singer: Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance of Identity in the Late Renaissance. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. xiv + 332 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. bibl. $99.95. ISBN: 978-0-7546-5414-8. Renaissance ...
The Travels and Journal of Ambrosio Bembo.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Anthony Welch, ed. The Travels and Journal of Ambrosio Bembo. Trans. Clara Bargellini. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. xii + 451 pp. index. illus. map. gloss. $24.95. ISBN: 978-0-520-24939-4. Clara Bargellini and Anthony Welch have provided early ...
Classical Rhetoric and the Visual Arts in Early Modern Europe.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Caroline van Eck. Classical Rhetoric and the Visual Arts in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xii + 225 pp. index. illus. bibl. $80. ISBN: 978-0-521-84435-2. This is a fundamental book on an important but elusive subject. The author ...
The Egyptian Renaissance: The Afterlife of Ancient Egypt in Early Modern Italy.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Brian A. Curran. The Egyptian Renaissance: The Afterlife of Ancient Egypt in Early Modern Italy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. xiv + 428 pp. index. illus. bibl. $45. ISBN: 978-0-226-12893-1. There is something quaint about the idea of a group of ...
Corps ressuscitants et corps ressuscites: Les images de la resurrection des corps en Italie centrale et septentrionale du milieu du XVe au debut du XVIIe siecle.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Anne-Sophie Molinie. Corps ressuscitants et corps ressuscites: Les images de la resurrection des corps en Italie centrale et septentrionale du milieu du XVe au debut du XVIIe siecle. Bibliotheque litteraire de la Renaissance 64. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2007. 484 pp ....
The Renaissance Palace in Florence: Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... James R. Lindow. The Renaissance Palace in Florence: Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. xii + 266 pp. + 8 col. pls. index. append. illus. bibl. $99.95. ISBN: 978-0-7546-6092-7. Since Ernst Gombrich's ...
Nec spe nec metu. La Gonzaga: Architettura e corte nella Milano di Carlo V.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Nicola Soldini. Nec spe nec metu. La Gonzaga: Architettura e corte nella Milano di Carlo V. Ingenium 10. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2007. 512 pp. + 239 b/w pls. index. append. illus. bibl. [euro]65. ISBN: 978-88-222-5628-7. A number of publications (exhibition ...
Caravaggio: Art, Knighthood, and Malta.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Keith Sciberras and David M. Stone. Caravaggio: Art, Knighthood, and Malta. Valetta, Malta: Midsea Books Ltd., 2006. xii + 138 pp. index. illus. bibl. $50.50 (cl), $34.50 (pbk). ISBN: 978-99932-7-071-3 (cl), 978-99932-7-073-7 (pbk). The authors Sciberras and Stone ...
Bernini's Biographies: Critical Essays.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Maarten Delbeke, Evonne Levy, and Steven F. Ostrow, eds. Bernini's Biographies: Critical Essays. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2007. xviii + 420 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. $65. ISBN: 978-0-271-02901-6. Bernini studies have traditionally ...
The Wreck of Catalonia: Civil War in the Fifteenth Century.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Alan Ryder. The Wreck of Catalonia: Civil War in the Fifteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. viii + 286 pp. index. tbls. map. bibl. [pounds sterling]55. ISBN: 978-0-19-920736-7. With this book, the first complete history of the Catalan civil war ...
Sexual Hierarchies, Public Status: Men, Sodomy, and Society in Spain's Golden Age.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Cristian Berco. Sexual Hierarchies, Public Status: Men, Sodomy, and Society in Spain's Golden Age. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. x + 201 pp. index, tbls. bibl. $55. ISBN: 978-0-8020-9139-0. In this monograph, Cristian Berco explores prosecutions for ...
La espada, el rayo y la pluma: Quevedo y los campos literario y de poder.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Carlos M. Gutierrez. La espada, el rayo y la pluma: Quevedo y los campos literario y de poder. Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures 32. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2005. x + 348 pp. index. append. bibl. $43.95. ISBN: 1-55753-361-X. Carlos M. Gutierrez's ...
El humanismo espanol, su proyeccion en America y Canarias en la epoca del humanismo.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Antonio Maria Martin Rodriguez and German Santana Henriquez, eds. El humanismo espanol, su proyeccion en America y Canarias en la epoca del humanismo. Saragossa: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2006. 446 pp. index. illus. n.p. ISBN: 978-84-96718-35-7. The ...
Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Francisco Bethencourt and Diogo Ramada Curto, eds. Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xx + 536 pp. index. illus. map. $90 (cl), $34.95 (pbk). ISBN: 978-0-521-84644-8 (cl), 978-0-521-60891-6 (pbk). Prepared as part of ...
Gender, Race and Religion in the Colonization of the Americas.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Nora E. Jaffary, ed. Gender, Race and Religion in the Colonization of the Americas. Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. xii + 206 pp. index. tbls. bibl. $89.95. ISBN: 978-0-7546-5189-5. As both the editor's ...
Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Miriam Bodian. Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World. The Modern Jewish Experience. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. xvii + 278 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. $35. ISBN: 978-0-253-34861-6. In Dying in the Law of Moses, ...
Jewish Identity in Early Modern Germany: Memory, Power and Community.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Dean Phillip Bell. Jewish Identity in Early Modern Germany: Memory, Power and Community. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. xii + 188 pp. index. bibl. $99.95. ISBN: 978-0-7546-5897-9. Dean Bell's work has been characterized by a comparative approach. In ...
Tradition, Heterodoxy and Religious Culture: Judaism and Christianity in the Early Modern Period.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Chanita R. Goodblatt and Howard Kreisel, eds. Tradition, Heterodoxy and Religious Culture: Judaism and Christianity in the Early Modern Period. The Goldstein-Goren Library of Jewish Thought 6. Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2006. 488 pp. illus. $26.55. ...
Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Thomas E. Burman. Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560. Material Texts. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. vii + 317 pp. index. illus. bibl. $59.95. ISBN: 978-0-8122-4018-4. In his groundbreaking Reading the Qur'an in Latin ...
Diplomatie et espionnage: Les Ambassadeurs du roi de France aupres de Philippe II du traite du Cateau-Cambresis (1559) a la mort de Henri III (1589).(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Jean-Michel Ribera. Diplomatie et espionnage: Les Ambassadeurs du roi de France aupres de Philippe II du traite du Cateau-Cambresis (1559) a la mort de Henri III (1589). Bibliotheque Litteraire de la Renaissance 68. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2007. 734 pp. index. tbls. map ....
Societe et mentalites autour de Henri III.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Jacqueline Boucher. Societe et mentalites autour de Henri III. Bibliotheque Litteraire de la Renaissance 67. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2007. 1273 pp. index. append. tbls. bibl. [euro]195. ISBN: 978-2-7453-1440-6. When it first appeared in a limited edition in ...
Governing Passions: Peace and Reform in the French Kingdom, 1576-1585.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Mark Greengrass. Governing Passions: Peace and Reform in the French Kingdom, 1576-1585. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. xiii + 423 pp. index. illus. tbls. map. bibl. [pounds sterling]65. ISBN: 978-0-19-921490-7. History in general is written not just by and for ...
Satyre Menippee de la Vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne et de la tenue des Estats de Paris.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Martial Martin, ed. Satyre Menippee de la Vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne et de la tenue des Estats de Paris. Textes de la Renaissance 117. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2007. clxxiv + 750 pp. index. illus. tbls. gloss. chron. bibl. [euro]106. ISBN: 978-2-7453-1484-0. ...
Law, City, and King: Legal Culture, Municipal Politics, and State Formation in Early Modern Dijon.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Michael P. Breen. Law, City, and King: Legal Culture, Municipal Politics, and State Formation in Early Modern Dijon. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2007. xv + 307 pp. index. illus. tbls. map. bibl. $75. ISBN: 978-1-58046-236-5. Michael Breen's ...
Graphic History: The Wars, Massacres and Troubles of Tortorel and Perrissin.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Philip Benedict. Graphic History: The Wars, Massacres and Troubles of Tortorel and Perrissin. Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance 431. Geneva: Librairie Droz S. A., 2007. xvi + 421 pp. + 8 color pls. index. illus. tbls. bibl. CHF 135. ISBN: 978-2-600-00440-4. Two ...
Weltskepsis und Bildkrise: Eustache Le Sueurs Vie de saint Bruno im Licht des franzosischen Jansenismus.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Kristine Schonert. Weltskepsis und Bildkrise: Eustache Le Sueurs Vie de saint Bruno im Licht des franzosischen Jansenismus. Studien sur Christlichen Kunst 7. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2007. 518 pp. index. illus. bibl. [euro]86. ISBN: 978-3-7954-1833-5. Following ...
Voix des abbesses du Grand Siecle: La Predication au feminin a Port-Royal: Context rhetorique et Dossier.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Thomas M. Carr, Jr. Voix des abbesses du Grand Siecle: La Predication au feminin a Port-Royal: Context rhetorique et Dossier. Biblio 17, vol. 164. Tubingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2006. 360 pp. index. bibl. [euro]58. ISBN: 978-3-8233-6189-3. The voices of three abbesses ...
Politique des "Amours": Poetique et genese d'un genre francais nouveau (1544-1560).(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Cecile Alduy. Politique des "Amours": Poetique et genese d'un genre francais nouveau (1544-1560). Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance 422. Geneva: Librairie Droz S. A., 2007. 597 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. CHF 152. ISBN: 978-2-600-01112-9. This massive book aims ...
Montaigne and the Low Countries (1580-1700).(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Paul J. Smith and Karl A. E. Enenkel, eds. Montaigne and the Low Countries (1580-1700). Intersections Yearbook for Early Modern Studies 8. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xiv + 372 pp. index. illus. bibl. $129. ISBN: 978-90-04-156326. Michel Montaigne (1533-92) is one of those ...
Transforming the Republic of Letters: Pierre-Daniel Huet and European Intellectual Life 1650-1720.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... April G. Shelford. Transforming the Republic of Letters: Pierre-Daniel Huet and European Intellectual Life 1650-1720. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2007. xii + 264 pp. index. illus. tbls. bibl. $75. ISBN: 978-1-58046-243-3. The long and versatile ...
Bildungswege--Lebenswege: Universitatsbesucher aus dem Bistum Konstanz im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Beat Immenhauser. Bildungswege--Lebenswege: Universitatsbesucher aus dem Bistum Konstanz im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert. Veroffentichungen der Gesellschaft fur Universitats- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte 8. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 2007. 632 pp. index. tbls. map. bibl. [euro]68.50 ....
Martin Luther as Comforter: Writings on Death.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Neil R. Leroux. Martin Luther as Comforter: Writings on Death. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 133. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xliii + 336 pp. index, append. gloss. bibl. $129. ISBN: 978-90-04-15880-1. Increasing scholarly interest in death and dying has ...
Melancthons Briefwechsel.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Philipp Melanchthon. Melancthons Briefwechsel. Vol. 8. Texte 1980-2335 (1538-1539). Eds. Christine Mundhenk, Heidi Hein, and Judith Steiniger. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Frommann-Holzboog, 2007. 701 pp. index. [euro]232. ISBN: 978-3-7728-2440-1. With astonishing speed ...
Christian Magistrate and Territorial Church: Johannes Brenz and the German Reformation.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... James M. Estes. Christian Magistrate and Territorial Church: Johannes Brenz and the German Reformation. Essays and Studies 12. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2007. 243 pp. index. illus. map. bibl. $17. ISBN: 978-07727-2034-4. When this book ...
De religione christiana fides / Confession of Christian Religion.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Girolamo Zanchi. De religione christiana fides / Confession of Christian Religion. 2 Vols. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 135. Eds. Luca Baschera and Christian Moser. Leiden: Brill, 2007. 837 pp. index. illus. bibl. $194. ISBN: 978-90-04-16118-4. ...
Informatorium; Naturliche Auslegung von der Schopfung; Vom Ursprung aller Dinge; Viererlei Auslegung von der Schopfung.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Valentin Weigel. Informatorium; Naturliche Auslegung von der Schopfung; Vom Ursprung aller Dinge; Viererlei Auslegung von der Schopfung. Samtliche Schriften 11. Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog, 2007. cxxxi + 402 pp. index. illus. [euro]368. ISBN: 978-3-7728-1850-9. ...
Narrative of the Anabaptist Madness: The Overthrow of Munster, the Famous Metropolis of Westphalia.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Hermann von Kerssenbrock. Narrative of the Anabaptist Madness: The Overthrow of Munster, the Famous Metropolis of Westphalia. 2 vols. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 132. Trans. Christopher S. Mackay. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xiii + 772. index. illus. map. [euro]190 ....
La censure negociee: Le controle du livre a Geneve 1560-1625.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Ingeborg Jostock. La censure negociee: Le controle du livre a Geneve 1560-1625. Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance 430. Geneva: Librairie Droz S. A., 2007. 440 pp. index. append. bibl. CHF 136. ISBN: 978-2-600-01115-0. This is a meticulous and thoughtful study of ...
Church, State and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468-1503).(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Natalia Nowakowska. Church, State and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468-1503). Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. xx + 222 pp. index. illus. tbls. map. chron. bibl. $99.95 ISBN: ...
Studies in the Jesuit Emblem.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... G. Richard Dimler. Studies in the Jesuit Emblem. AMS Studies in the Emblem 18. Brooklyn: AMS Press, Inc., 2007. xi + 440 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. $182. ISBN: 978-0-404-63718-7. The essays in this important collection, selected from G. Richard Dimler's extensive ...
Ceremonial Culture in Pre-Modern Europe.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Nicholas Howe, ed. Ceremonial Culture in Pre-Modern Europe. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. viii + 160 pp. index. illus. $25. ISBN: 978-0-268-03075-9. These four essays, introduced by the late Nicholas Howe, treat the court ceremony surrounding ...
Between the Middle Ages and Modernity: Individual and Community in the Early Modern World.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Charles H. Parker and Jerry H. Bentley, eds. Between the Middle Ages and Modernity: Individual and Community in the Early Modern World. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2007. x + 322 pp. index. bibl. $75 (cl), $34.95 (pbk). ISBN: 978-0-7425-5309-5 (cl), ...
Die Renaissance der deutschen Renaissance.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Ralf Mennekes. Die Renaissance der deutschen Renaissance. Studien zur internationalen Architektur- und Kunstgeschichte 27. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2005. 622 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. [euro]69.95. ISBN: 3-937251-67-7. Did you ever wonder about when the ...
Spatgotik und Renaissance.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Katharina Krause, ed. Spatgotik und Renaissance. Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Deutschland 4. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2007. 640 pp. index. illus. map. bibl. [euro]140. ISBN: 978-3-7913-3121-8. Spurred by the success of its multivolume series Geschichte der ...
Die Sebalduskirche in Nurnberg: Bild und Gesellschaft im Zeitalter der Gotik und Renaissance.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Gerhard Weilandt. Die Sebalduskirche in Nurnberg: Bild und Gesellschaft im Zeitalter der Gotik und Renaissance. Studien zur internationalen Architektur- und Kunstgeschichte 47. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2007. 782 pp. illus. [euro]135. ISBN: 978-3-86568-125-6. ...