The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence
| Author | : Alison Brown |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 2010-05-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674050327 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674050320 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (320 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence by : Alison Brown
Download or read book The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence written by Alison Brown and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius—earlier and more widely than has been supposed—to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the “revolution” in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks.