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Translator
  
S. G. C. Middlemore

Originally published
  
1860

Genre
  
History

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Language
  
German

Author
  
Jacob Burckhardt

Country
  
Switzerland

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Original title
  
Die Cultur  der Renaissance in Italien

Similar
  
Works by Jacob Burckhardt, History books, Renaissance books

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (German: Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien) is an 1860 work on the Italian Renaissance by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Together with his History of the Renaissance in Italy (Die Geschichte der Renaissance in Italien; 1867) it is counted among the classics of Renaissance historiography.

An English translation was produced by S.G.C. Middlemore in two volumes, London 1878. Its scholarly judgements are considered to have been largely justified by subsequent research according to historians including Desmond Seward and art historians notably Kenneth Clark.

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is divided into six parts:

  1. Part One: The State as a Work of Art
  2. Part Two: The Development of the Individual
  3. Part Three: The Revival of Antiquity
  4. Part Four: The Discovery of the World and of Man
  5. Part Five: Society and Festivals
  6. Part Six: Morality and Religion

Editions

  • 1878. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.
  • 1990. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044534-X

    • References

    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Wikipedia
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