Disharmony of the Spheres The Europe of Holbein's Ambassadors |
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| Author:
| Nelson, Jennifer |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-08341-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2020 |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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Explores how certain educated northern Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century increasingly saw their world as disharmonious and inclusive of mutual contradiction. Examines how early modern writers grappled with the problem of cultural, religious, and cosmological difference in relation to notions of universals and the divine.
Explores how certain educated northern Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century increasingly saw their world as disharmonious and inclusive of mutual contradiction. Examines how early modern writers grappled with the problem of cultural, religious, and cosmological difference in relation to notions of universals and the divine.