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Author Bouwsma, William J. (William James), 1923-2004.

Title The waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640 / William J. Bouwsma.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2000]
©2000

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 Moore Stacks  CB401 .E94 2000    Available  ---
Description xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series The Yale intellectual history of the West
Yale intellectual history of the West.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
Contents The cultural community of Europe -- The liberation of the self -- The liberation of knowing -- The liberation of time -- The liberation of space -- The liberation of politics -- The liberation of religion -- The worst of times -- Renaissance theater and the crisis of the self -- Toward a culture of order -- The reordered self -- The quest for certainty: from skepticism to science -- The decline of historical consciousness -- Order in society and government -- Order in religion -- Order in the arts.
Subject Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Europe.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Renaissance.
Renaissance.
Science and civilization.
Science and civilization.
Astronomy, Renaissance.
Astronomy, Renaissance.
Humanism.
Humanism.
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
ISBN 0300085370 cloth alkaline paper