Re-Orienting the Renaissance: Cultural Exchanges with the East

Re-Orienting the Renaissance: Cultural Exchanges with the East
ISBN-10
0230523862
ISBN-13
9780230523869
Category
History
Pages
187
Language
English
Published
2005-10-11
Publisher
Springer
Author
G. Maclean

Description

This book explores how the Renaissance entailed a global exchange of goods, skills and ideas between East and West. In chapters ranging from Ottoman history to Venetian publishing, from portraits of St George to Arab philosophy, from cannibalism to diplomacy, the authors interrogate what all too often may seem to be settled certainties, such as the difference between East and West, the invariable conflict between Islam and Christianity, and the 'rebirth' of European civilization from roots in classical Greece and Imperial Rome.

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