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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... speak , " saith the Apostle . In vain it were to speak anything of God but that by Reason men are able somewhat to judge of that they hear , and by discourse to discern how consonant it is to truth . Scripture indeed teacheth things ...
... speak , " saith the Apostle . In vain it were to speak anything of God but that by Reason men are able somewhat to judge of that they hear , and by discourse to discern how consonant it is to truth . Scripture indeed teacheth things ...
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... speak truth . " 50 His devoted admirer , Rabelais , has Pantagruel , in his defense of Bridlegoose , speak of God's practice of manifesting his own ineffable glory in blunting the perspicacy [ sic ] of the eyes of the wise , in ...
... speak truth . " 50 His devoted admirer , Rabelais , has Pantagruel , in his defense of Bridlegoose , speak of God's practice of manifesting his own ineffable glory in blunting the perspicacy [ sic ] of the eyes of the wise , in ...
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... speak truth " only because of the sufferance of their royal masters ; that sufferance at least partially has its ... speaking . They claimed a privilege of immunity similar to that of the fools ' , but on different grounds - grounds ...
... speak truth " only because of the sufferance of their royal masters ; that sufferance at least partially has its ... speaking . They claimed a privilege of immunity similar to that of the fools ' , but on different grounds - grounds ...
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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