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Galilei, Galileo
Ian S. Glass
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Galileo GalileiIntroductionGalileo Galilei (b. c. 15 February 1564–d. 8 January 1642) or Galileo, as he is usually referred to, is often regarded as t...
Gallicanism
Jotham Parsons
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2020-06-24
GallicanismIntroduction“Gallicanism” is a 19th-century term used to refer to a range of ecclesiological and political theories extending from the High...
Gambara, Veronica
Molly M. Martin
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Veronica GambaraIntroductionVeronica Gambara (b. 1485–d. 1550) maintained a celebrated presence on the Italian literary landscape as a lyric poet thro...
Garin, Eugenio
Rocco Rubini
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Eugenio GarinIntroductionEugenio Garin (b. 1909–d. 2004) was an Italian philosopher, intellectual historian, and one of the foremost Renaissance schol...
General Church Councils, Pre-Trent
Nelson H. Minnich
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
General Church Councils, Pre-TrentIntroductionDuring the 15th and 16th centuries, the Catholic Church celebrated more general councils than during any...
Geneva (1400-1600)
Mathieu Caesar
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Geneva (1400–1600)IntroductionThe settlement of human societies on the shore of Lake Geneva, at the mouth of the river Rhône, dates back to prehistori...
George Buchanan
Steven J. Reid
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2020-08-26
George BuchananIntroductionAlthough his name is now virtually unknown beyond academia, George Buchanan (b. 1506–d. 1582) was one of the foremost human...
George of Trebizond
John Monfasani
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
George of TrebizondIntroductionGeorge of Trebizond (born in Crete, very probably in Candia [modern Heraklion], 4/5 April 1396; died, Rome, after 28 No...
Georges de La Tour
Dalia Judovitz
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
Georges de La TourIntroductionGeorges de La Tour’s (b. 1593–d. 1652) artistic contributions were largely ignored by posterity until his “rediscovery” ...
Ghetto
Benjamin Ravid
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Ghetto Introduction From the beginning of their residence in medieval Christian Europe, Jews usually tended to dwell in proximity to each othe...
Giambologna
Michael Cole
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
GiambolognaIntroductionBefore the 1970s, Giambologna (a.k.a. Giovanni da Bologna) was of interest to a relatively small circle of scholars. Several of...
Ginés de Sepúlveda, Juan
Luna Nájera
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Juan Ginés de SepúlvedaIntroductionBorn in Los Pedroches, Cordoba, into a family of Old Christians with humble origins (possibly tanners), Juan Ginés ...
Giustiniani, Bernardo
Seth Parry
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Bernardo GiustinianiIntroductionBernardo Giustiniani (b. 1408–d. 1489) was a prominent Venetian humanist, politician, and diplomat of the middle and l...
Góngora, Luis de
Humberto Huergo
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Luis de GóngoraIntroductionLuis de Góngora y Argote (Córdoba, b. 1561–d. 1627) is one of Spain’s most celebrated poets and the main exponent of Baroqu...
Gournay, Marie de
Leah Chang
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Marie De GournayIntroductionPhilosopher, translator, fiction writer, and editor: it is virtually impossible to pin down one authorial or scholarly ide...
Greek Visitors
Jonathan Harris
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Greek Visitors Introduction During the 14th and 15th centuries, while Italy enjoyed prosperity and cultural ascendancy, the Greek-speaking lan...
Guarino da Verona
Craig Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Guarino da VeronaIntroductionGuarino da Verona (b. 1374–d. 1460, also known as Guarino Guarini) is one of the better known of the early Italian humani...
Guicciardini, Francesco
Stella Fletcher
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Francesco GuicciardiniIntroductionFrancesco Guicciardini (b. 1483–d. 1540) was a Florentine patrician and papal administrator who wrote numerous works...
Guilds and Manufacturing
Andrea Caracausi
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Guilds and ManufacturingIntroductionGuilds were one of the most important and widespread associations that organized trade and manufactures from the M...
Hamburg, 1350–1815
Frank Hatje
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2020-05-27
Hamburg, 1350–1815IntroductionOriginally, Hamburg was a borough around the cathedral of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen and a mercantile port city f...
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