The Unrepentant Renaissance
The Unrepentant Renaissance: from Petrarch to Shakespeare to Milton by Richard Strier
English | 6 Jan. 2012 | ISBN: 0226777510 | 318 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | 6 Jan. 2012 | ISBN: 0226777510 | 318 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Who during the Renaissance could have dissented from the values of reason and restraint, patience and humility, rejection of the worldly and the physical? These widely articulated values were part of the inherited Christian tradition and were reinforced by key elements in the Renaissance, especially the revival of Stoicism and Platonism.