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The Worldmakers: Global Imagining In Early Modern Europe, Ayesha Ramachandran

Ayesha Ramachandran

In this beautifully conceived book, Ayesha Ramachandran reconstructs the imaginative struggles of early modern artists, philosophers, and writers to make sense of something that we take for granted: the world, imagined as a whole. Once a new, exciting, and frightening concept, “the world” was transformed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. But how could one envision something that no one had ever seen in its totality? The Worldmakers moves beyond histories of globalization to explore how “the world” itself—variously understood as an object of inquiry, a comprehensive category, and a system of order—was self-consciously shaped by human agents. Gathering an …

Wilhelm Kroll's Preface To Justinian's Novels: An English Translation, Timothy G. Kearley, David J.D. Miller

Timothy G. Kearley

For the legal historian, the Age of Justinian is nothing short of pivotal. Medievalists and early modernists interested in the so-called reception of Roman law in later times and places must look back to Justinian and his law books, as classicists and historians interested in Roman republican or early imperial law must frequently look forward to them.

Justinian’s law books are, of course, the Digest, the Code, the Institutes, and the Novels (Novellae Constitutiones), which have become known collectively as the Corpus Iuris Civilis (CIC).

It soon becomes clear to those interested in the CIC that the standard modern version …

The Humanists And The Emperor In 1452, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Melville And The Trope Of The Starving American Artist In Rome, Erika Schneider

Erika Schneider

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Monastic Prisons And Torture Chambers. Crime And Punishment In Central European Monasteries, 1600-1800, Ulrich Lehner

Ulrich L. Lehner

Based on archival research and an analysis of early modern monastic canon law, the reader is introduced to how crimes were prosecuted in a monastic setting and how they were punished.

The Crusades And The Lost Literature Of The Italian Renaissance, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

The Hornet’S Nest: Humanism, Neighbors, And Hatred In Renaissance Florence, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Humanism And Magic In The Florentine Ritual Of Command, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

The Vernacular And The Spread Of Humanism In Fifteenth-Century Florence, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Social Historical Approaches To Italian Humanists And Humanism, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

The Social Humanists, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Seeds Of Virtue And Knowledge, Maryanne Horowitz

Maryanne Cline Horowitz

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