Renaissance and Reformation - B - Oxford Bibliographies
Bacon, Francis
Sarah Covington
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Francis Bacon Introduction No one disputes the tremendous importance of Francis Bacon in the context of early modern natural, moral, and legal...
Banking and Money
Francesco Guidi Bruscoli
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Banking and Money Introduction Economic historians have published widely on the “crisis of the 14th century.” Money supply and monetary circulat...
Baroque
Anne H. Muraoka
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Baroque Introduction The Baroque is a name given to a style that dominated western Europe from the late 16th century to the mid-18th century (...
Black Death and Plague: The Disease and Medical Thought
Samuel Kline Cohn
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Black Death and Plague: The Disease and Medical Thought Introduction The history of the Black Death constitutes one of the most interdiscipli...
Bohemia and Bohemian Crown Lands
James Palmitessa
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Bohemia and Bohemian Crown Lands Introduction “Bohemia” can refer to the Kingdom of Bohemia proper or, as a shortened form, to the Bohemian Cro...
Bracciolini, Poggio
Craig Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Poggio Bracciolini Introduction Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (b. 1380–d. 1459) is one of the more interesting of the early Italian humani...
Bruegel, Pieter the Elder
Nina Serebrennikov
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Introduction Pieter Bruegel the Elder (b. c. 1526–d. 1569) is arguably the least-documented artist of stature in 16th-...
Bruni, Leonardo
Craig Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Leonardo Bruni Introduction Leonardo Bruni (b. 1370–d. 1444) is one of the most interesting and versatile of the early Italian humanists. Intel...
Buonarroti, Michelangelo
William Wallace
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Michelangelo Buonarroti Introduction Michelangelo Buonarroti (b. 1475–d. 1564) is universally recognized to be among the greatest artists of a...
Burgundy and the Netherlands
Jan Dumolyn
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Burgundy and the Netherlands Introduction The composite dynastic state ruled by a branch of the Valois dynasty, which is here referred to as “t...
Calvin, John
Graeme Murdock
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
John Calvin Introduction John Calvin (also known as Jean Calvin) left his native France in fear of persecution because of his association with ...
Calvinism
Graeme Murdock
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Calvinism Introduction Calvinism was a term first used by Calvin’s opponents. Calvinism has become a widely used label to describe the ideas ad...
Cardinals
Stella Fletcher
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Cardinals Introduction Deriving from the Latin cardo (hinge), cardinals were originally priests permanently attached to particular churches. R...
Catholicism, Early Modern
Thomas Worcester
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Early Modern Catholicism Introduction “Early modern Catholicism” is a broad, inclusive term employed by many historians in the late 20th and e...
Cervantes, Miguel de
Hilaire Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Miguel de Cervantes Introduction Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (b. 1547–d. 1616) is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish writer of all...
China and Europe, 1550-1800
Nicolas Standaert, Ad Dudink
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
China and Europe, 1550–1800 Introduction The contacts between China and Europe in the period 1550–1800 (which corresponds to the late Ming and...
Christian-Muslim Exchange
Eric R Dursteler
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Christian-Muslim Exchange Introduction The historical relationship between Islam and Christianity has deep historiographical roots; however,...
Cities and Urban Patriciates
Alexander Cowan
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Cities and Urban Patriciates Introduction Urban centers had an influence on the development of Renaissance Europe disproportionate to their o...
Civic Ritual
Sharon Strocchia
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Civic Ritual Introduction Civic rituals mobilized a range of people, objects, urban spaces and notions of time in organized, sometimes scrip...
Classical Tradition, The
Craig Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
The Classical Tradition Introduction Even the word “Renaissance” (“rebirth” in French) points to the effort to revive the learning of antiq...
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