Hybrid Renaissance: Culture, Language, Architecture

Peter Burke

Published by Central European University Press 2016

Hybrid Renaissance

Culture, Language, Architecture

Peter Burke

In the series The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633860885

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About this book

Hybrid Renaissance introduces the idea that the Renaissance in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in the world beyond Europe is an example of cultural hybridization.

The two key concepts used in this book are “hybridization” and “Renaissance”. Roughly speaking, hybridity refers to something new that emerges from the combination of diverse older elements. (The term “hybridization” is preferable to “hybridity” because it refers to a process rather than to a state, and also because it encourages the writer and the readers alike to think in terms of degree: where there is more or less, rather than presence versus absence.)

The book begins with a discussion of the concept of cultural hybridization and a cluster of other concepts related to it. Then comes a geography of cultural hybridization focusing on three locales: courts, major cities (whether ports or capitals) and frontiers. The following seven chapters describe the hybridity of the Renaissance in different fields: architecture, painting and sculpture, languages, literature, music, philosophy and law and finally religion. The essay concludes with a brief account of attempts to resist hybridization or to purify cultures or domains from what was already hybridized.

Author / Editor information

Burke Peter :

Peter Burke is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Life Fellow at Emmanuel College.

Reviews

Eleanor Hubbard:
"Amelang covers an impressive amount of urban territory in this short and chatty book, raising more fascinating questions than the constraints of the text allow him to answer. It is recommended reading for any scholar of early modern European cities, and would be particularly stimulating for a graduate student in search of a topic. Less of a polished argument than a wide-ranging conversation with a generous and erudite elder historian, it is sure to leave its readers anxious to explore early modern Europe’s winding streets and changing vistas on their own."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: An Expanding Renaissance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Idea of Hybridity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 2. The Geography of Hybridity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 3. Translating Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 4. Hybrid Arts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 5. Hybrid Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 6. Hybrid Literatures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 7. Music, Law and humanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 8. Hybrid Philosophies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Chapter 9. Translating Gods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Coda. Counter-Hybridization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
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Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 284
Keywords: Borderlands; Civilization; Court; Courtier; Cultural fusion; Cultural studies; History; Italy

eBook

Published: May 15, 2016
ISBN: 9789633860885