Renaissance Thought and Its Sources

By Paul Oskar Kristeller

Book Overview

Renaissance Thought and Its Sources presents the fruits of an extraordinary lifetime of scholarship: a systematic account of major themes in Renaissance philosophy, theology, science, and literature,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231045123
• ISBN13: 9780231045124
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Renaissance Thought and its Sources

This is one of the most important books in the study of Italian Renaissance (14th-16th century). For those who would like a readable but scholarly introduction to the Renaissance, this is it. The book is intended to explain the intellectual origin, spiritual inspiration and mental struggles of the great Renaissance scholars and artists. My professor once said to my class " this book is worth its weight in gold!" Though that might be a slight exageration, the book is certainly a worthwhile read. This book is one of the rare academic but mind racing, heart pounding books that one cannot put down until finish. Don't let the scholarliness intimidate you, push yourself to read it and you will see what I mean.