The Counter-RenaissanceThis stimulating reassessment of Renaissance thought produces evidence of an intellectual revolt in the sixteenth century, led by such men as Calvin, Luther, Montaigne, and Machiavelli, that ran counter to the prevailing concepts of Christian humanism and the sovereignty of reason. The author explores the influence of this challenging movement on contemporaries and on their successors, "those enigmatic and volatile individuals whom we term the Elizabethans." Writing with impeccable scholarship, leavened by a delightful literary style, Mr. Haydn has achieved a masterpiece of intellectual history. -4e de couv. |
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... Honor " vs. " liberty " ; Art vs. Nature . . . . 2. THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF HONOR " Tell honor how it alters , " wrote Walter Ralegh in The Lie , with at least one kind of pertinence which may not have been inten- tional . For just as a ...
... Honor " vs. " liberty " ; Art vs. Nature . . . . 2. THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF HONOR " Tell honor how it alters , " wrote Walter Ralegh in The Lie , with at least one kind of pertinence which may not have been inten- tional . For just as a ...
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... honor with wrath ; none of these can account for the development of an ethical code based on honor which matches the progress of the similar one based on love . For such a development , such a progress , is evident . From honor the ...
... honor with wrath ; none of these can account for the development of an ethical code based on honor which matches the progress of the similar one based on love . For such a development , such a progress , is evident . From honor the ...
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... honor , the Senators remain adamant . There is no recon- ciliation . But our major concern in this section is Shakespeare's treatment of the masculine code of honor , and especially of that courtly code of honor and love which we have ...
... honor , the Senators remain adamant . There is no recon- ciliation . But our major concern in this section is Shakespeare's treatment of the masculine code of honor , and especially of that courtly code of honor and love which we have ...
Contents
PROLOGUE The Enigmatic Elizabethans | 1 |
2 The CounterRenaissance and the Vanity of Learning | 76 |
The CounterRenaissance and the Repeal of Universal | 131 |
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