Alison Brown is emeritus professor in the department of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. Brown is a specialist in the history of Renaissance Italy.

Alison Brown is emeritus professor in the department of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. Bartolomeo Scala, 1430-1497, Chancellor of Florence: the humanist as bureaucrat. Princeton University Press, 1979. London, Longman, 1988. Seminar Studies in History). Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1995.

Alison Brown argues that although the Renaissance was not a movement in isolation, it was unique in many ways. She identifies the elements in society, culture and politics which were influenced by the movement and assesses the speed and the extent to which changes actually took place. She also tackles the means by which the Renaissance movement laid down its roots and spread across Europe.

The Renaissance has traditionally been regarded as a critical turning point in the history of Europe; the vital stepping stone between the Age. Contributors: Alison Brown Robert Black Patricia Fortini Brown Samuel Cohn Sir Ernst Gombrich William Hood F. W. Kent Amanda Lillie Lauro Martines John Najemy Jessie-Ann Owens Salvatore Settis Patricia Simons Quentin Skinner.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1995. YouTube Encyclopedic. Contested Space: Street Trading, Public Space, and Livelihoods in Developing Countries. Rugby, ITDG Publishing, 2006. The return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence. Harvard University Press, 2010. Medicean and Savonarolan Florence: the interplay of politics, humanism, and religion, Brepols, 2011. Professor Alison Brown.

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The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History) Hardcover – May 5, 2010. This book is a must-read for all concerned not only with the humanist revolution in Renaissance Italy but also the origins of Enlightenment thought in Europe. Diana Robin, University of New Mexico). Alison Brown has made an important contribution to a crucial chapter in the history of modern thought. Tracking manuscript circulation and following a complex trail of hints and buried allusions, Brown explores the ways in which an ancient poem dangerously at odds with Christian orthodoxy subtly penetrated key intellectual networks.

ISBN 13: 9780198203186. The Renaissance has traditionally been regarded as a critical turning point in the history of Europe; the vital stepping stone between the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason. This classical view is challenged and reassessed in this intriguing and diverse group of essays. Alison Brown is Reader in Italian Renaissance Studies at the University of London.

The Renaissance has traditionally been regarded as a critical turning point in the history of Europe; the vital stepping stone between the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason

The Renaissance has traditionally been regarded as a critical turning point in the history of Europe; the vital stepping stone between the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason. Leading scholars use a variety of approaches - textual and literary criticism, social anthropology and The Renaissance has traditionally been regarded as a critical turning point in the history of Europe; the vital stepping stone between the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason.

The Renaissance by Reader in Italian Renaissance History Alison Brown .

First published in 1988, Alison Brown's The Renaissance soon established itself as one of the most popular and useful books on this complex topic. As ever, the main focus of the book is on the influence of classical ideas on Italy, and although Florence is still central to the book its uniqueness is now viewed more critically. Format Hardback 152 pages.

Fortini Brown, ‘How Renaissances happened in Venice’.

This volume celebrates the scholarship of Alison Brown, emeritus professor in the department of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. The contributions focus on a wide variety of topics, including politics and political thought, family life, art, philosophy, law, and humanism.