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Merici, Angela
Querciolo Mazzonis
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Angela Merici Introduction St. Angela Merici (b. c. 1474, Desenzano del Garda–d. 27 January 1540, Brescia) is the founder of the Company of St...
Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della
M.V. Dougherty
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola Introduction The Renaissance philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (b. 1463–d. 1494) is best known today for...
Mission
Luke Clossey
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Mission Introduction The Christian mission in the Renaissance period (1350–1650) witnessed the completion of the nominal Christianization of E...
Montaigne, Michel de
George Hoffmann
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Michel de Montaigne Introduction No other early modern European author except Shakespeare has attracted so much scholarship or lent himself or ...
Music
Ann Moyer
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Music Introduction Scholarship on Renaissance music has developed enormously from the mid-20th century onward. Still important is the tradi...
Navarre, Marguerite de
Catharine Randall
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Marguerite De Navarre Introduction The highly cultured, erudite, and learned Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549) was the daughter of Charles d’An...
Netherlands (Dutch Revolt/ Dutch Republic), The
Henk van Nierop
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
The Netherlands (Dutch Revolt/ Dutch Republic) Introduction By the middle of the 16th century the Netherlands consisted of some twenty princip...
Nettesheim, Agrippa von
Charles G. Nauert
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Agrippa von Nettesheim Introduction Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (b. 14 September 1486 in Cologne—d. 1535 in Grenoble) was famous...
Niccoli, Niccolò
Craig Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Niccolò Niccoli Introduction Niccolò Niccoli (b. c. 1364–d. 1437) is one of the more intriguing figures of early Italian humanism. One of the ...
Opera
Beth L. Glixon, Jonathan E. Glixon
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Opera Introduction The early decades of the 17th century saw a number of musical innovations, of which opera—that is, a play set entirely to m...
Ottoman Empire
Eric R Dursteler
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Ottoman Empire Introduction The field of Ottoman history has experienced dramatic growth since the 1980s. The traditional politically centere...
Papacy
Frederick McGinness
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Papacy Introduction A study of the papacy or the Holy See (the episcopal office of the bishop of Rome) between the years 1350 and 1650 must ta...
Papal Rome
Frederick McGinness
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Papal Rome Introduction No other city in Europe matches Rome in its traditions, history, legacies, and influence in the Western world. Rome in...
Paris
Barbara B. Diefendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Paris Introduction With a population of two hundred to three hundred thousand people, Paris was the largest city in northern Europe during th...
Parr, Katherine
Susan E. James
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Katherine Parr Introduction Once characterized as the marginally memorable sixth wife of Henry VIII, Katherine (Kateryn, Catherine) Parr (b. 15...
Persecution and Martyrdom
Sarah Covington
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Persecution and Martyrdom Introduction The fragmentation of western Christianity in the wake of the reformation ended the monolithic power of t...
Petrarch
Craig Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Petrarch Introduction Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, b. 1304–d. 1374) occupies a unique position in Renaissance studies. While modern scholars...
Plague and its Consequences
Samuel Kline Cohn
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Plague and Its Consequences Introduction Although the character of the disease has recently stirred much controversy, the consequences of the...
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, The
Wladyslaw Roczniak
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Introduction The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth—also called the Commonwealth of Both Nations, Poland-Lithuania,...
Political Thought
Mark Jurdjevic
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Political Thought Introduction Early modern European political thought is notable for its considerable variety and complexity. The broad range...
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