The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Graphyco Editions) - Softcover

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“The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity..”

In the book The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Jacob argues that the Renaissance was an historical event which marks the transition from medieval times to modern times.He also claims that the Renaissance gave birth to the individual as we know it and the medieval times were a time of intellectual stagnation.

Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (1818-1897) was a Swiss historian born in Basel, Switzerland who became an influential figure in the fields of art and culture history.He is seen as one of the fathers of cultural history and the one who discovered the age of the Renaissance and how a historical period should be treated in its entirety..

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