Gordon Campbell
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This dictionary provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14
th to 17
th century Europe. It includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period. The text explores the influence that this intense intellectual and cultural revival continues to have on modern thought and society. Nearly half the entries are biographical, covering artists, thinkers, statesman, and reformers. A table of European ruling houses and a table showing the dates when cities and countries changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar are also included.
Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester. He was the founding editor of the journal
Renaissance Studies and is general editor of
Review of English Studies. His previous books include editions of plays by Ben Jonson and the
Complete Poems of John Milton. He has served as Chairman of the Society for Renaissance Studies and President of the English Association, of which he is a director.
e-reference edition ISBN: 0198610971
Print edition ISBN: 0198601751
Print edition publication date: 2003
Publishing history: First published 2003
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 2003, 2005
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