Humanism in Renaissance Scotland
Published on 10. July 1990
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7486-0111-0 (ISBN)
Description
Humanism was as central to the multiple achievements of Rennaissance Scotland as to those of France or Italy. This book studies the affect of humanist thought on literature, painting, architecture, law, philosophy, religion, science and mathematics. It picks out elements common to all and relates them to the development of Scottish life and literature. The studies are by a team of specialists and the book puts the Scottish Renaissance within a European context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-0111-0 (9780748601110)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The background of European humanism - an introduction, R.J.Schoeck; aspects of humanism in 16th and 17th century literature, John MacQueen; humanism in the visual arts, c 1530-1630, Martin Kemp and Clare Farrow; legal humanism and the history of Scots Law: John Skene and Thomas Craig, John W.Cairns, T. David Fergus, Hector L MacQueen; philosophy in Renaissance Scotland - loss and gain, Alexander Broadie; the physical nature of man - science, medicine, mathematics, Alex Keller; education - the laying of fresh foundations, John Durkan; humanism and religious life, James K.Cameron.