Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance: Skeptics, Libertines, and Opera
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In the summer of 1591 students from the University of Padua attacked the local Jesuit college and successfully appealed to the Venetian Senate to intervene on behalf of the university. When the Jesuits were expelled from the Venetian dominion a few years later, religious censorship was virtually eliminated. The result was a remarkable era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674024818
ISBN13:9780674024816
Release Date:May 2007
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 8.3"
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16th Century Arts, Music & Photography Europe History Italy Modern (16th-21st Centuries)Customer Reviews
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