The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

The Italian Renaissance was preceded, structured, and, to a significant extent, determined by the Renaissance of the twelfth century which saw the culmination of Romanesque art and the beginnings of the Gothic; the emergence of vernacular languages; the revival of Latin classics, poetry, and Roman law; the recovery of Greek Science and much Greek philosophy; the origins of universities, towns, and the sovereign state.

• | Author: Charles Homer Haskins
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1971
• | Number of Pages: 439 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0674760751
• | ISBN-13: 9780674760752