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The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, t...

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1. Verfasser: Bouwsma, William J. (William James), 1923-2004
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1990.
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Zusammenfassung:The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 444 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520910140
0520910141
058514768X
9780585147680
9780520064386
9780520069909
0520064380
0520069900

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