Disharmony of the spheres : the Europe of Holbein's ambassadors /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 198 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271083407 0271083409 |