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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
	The title page of an English translation
Author	Jacob Burckhardt
Original title	Die Cultur a der Renaissance in Italien
Translator	S. G. C. Middlemore
Sprache	German
Publisher	Schweighauser'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Publication place	Schweiz
	a Kultur in modern German.

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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (German: Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien) is an 1860 work on the Italian Renaissance by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Together with his History of the Renaissance in Italy (Die Geschichte der Renaissance in Italien; 1867) it is counted among the classics of Renaissance historiography. An English translation was produced by S.G.C. Middlemore in two volumes, London 1878.

Content

According to Denys Hay:

Burckhardt sought to capture and define the spirit of the age in all its main manifestations. For him ‘’Kultur’’ was the whole picture: politics, manners, religion...the character that animated the particular activities of a people in a given epoch, and of which pictures, buildings, social and political habits, literature, are the concrete expressions.^[1]

Its scholarly judgements are considered to have been largely justified by subsequent research according to historians including Desmond Seward and art historians such as Kenneth Clark.^{[citation needed]}

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is divided into six parts:

Part One: The State as a Work of Art
Part Two: The Development of the Individual
Part Three: The Revival of Antiquity
Part Four: The Discovery of the World and of Man
Part Five: Society and Festivals
Part Six: Morality and Religion

Editions

1878. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.
1990. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044534-X

References

^ Denys Hay, "Burckhardt's Renaissance: 1860-1960," History Today (Jan. 1960), vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 14-23.

Baron, Hans. "Burckhardt's 'Civilization of the Renaissance' a Century after its Publication." Renaissance News 13.3 (1960): 207-222 online.
Danson Brown, Richard (2000). "From Burckhardt to Greenblatt: New Historicisms and Old". In Whitlock, Keith (ed.). The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader. New Haven: Yale University Press in association with The OpenUniversity. pp. 4–11. ISBN 9780300082234.
Ferguson, Wallace K. The Renaissance and Historical Thought (1948), pp. 179–192 online
Garner, Roberta. "Jacob Burckhardt as a Theorist of Modernity: Reading The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy." Sociological Theory (1990): 48-57 online also online at JSTOR
Geddes, Dan (11 November 2000). ""The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" by Jacob Burckhardt". The Satirist. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
Hay, Denys. "Burckhardt's Renaissance: 1860-1960." History Today (Jan. 1960), volume 10, issue 1, pp. 14-23.
Hinde, John R. (2000). Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773510273.
Jones, Jonathan (9 July 2010). "Jacob Burckhardt: The Renaissance Revisited". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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[1] Denys Hay, "Burckhardt's Renaissance: 1860-1960," History Today (Jan. 1960), vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 14-23.

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+'''''The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy''''' ({{lang-de|Die Cultur<!--[sic]--> der Renaissance in Italien}}) is an 1860 work on the [[Italian Renaissance]] by Swiss historian [[Jacob Burckhardt]]. Together with his ''History of the Renaissance in Italy'' (''Die Geschichte der Renaissance in Italien''; 1867) it is counted among the classics of Renaissance [[historiography]].  An English translation was produced by S.G.C. Middlemore in two volumes, London 1878.
+== Content ==
-An English translation was produced by S.G.C. Middlemore in two volumes, London 1878. Its scholarly judgements are considered to have been largely justified by subsequent research according to historians including [[Desmond Seward]] and art historians such as [[Kenneth Clark]].{{cn|date=September 2016}}
+According to [[Denys Hay]]:
+:Burckhardt sought to capture and define the spirit of the age in all its main manifestations. For him ‘’Kultur’’ was the whole picture: politics, manners, religion...the character that animated the particular activities of a people in a given epoch, and of which pictures, buildings, social and political habits, literature, are the concrete expressions.<ref>[https://www.historytoday.com/archive/burckhardt%E2%80%99s-renaissance-1860-1960 Denys Hay, "Burckhardt's Renaissance: 1860-1960," ''History Today'' (Jan. 1960), vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 14-23.]</ref>
+Its scholarly judgements are considered to have been largely justified by subsequent research according to historians including [[Desmond Seward]] and art historians such as [[Kenneth Clark]].{{cn|date=September 2016}}
 ''The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy'' is divided into six parts:
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 ==Editions==
 *1878. ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2074 The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy]''.
-*1990. ''The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy''. Penguin Classics. {{ISBN|0-14-044534-X}}
+*1990. ''[[iarchive:civilizationofre00burc_0/page/n3/mode/2up|The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy]]''. Penguin Classics. {{ISBN|0-14-044534-X}}
 ==See also==
 {{Wikisource|The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy|''The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy''}}
 *''[[The Autumn of the Middle Ages]]''
+*''[[A Distant Mirror]]''
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==Further reading==
 {{Refbegin}}
+* Baron, Hans. "Burckhardt's 'Civilization of the Renaissance' a Century after its Publication." ''Renaissance News'' 13.3 (1960): 207-222 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2857720 online].
-*{{cite book|last1=Danson Brown |first1=Richard |chapter=From Burckhardt to Greenblatt: New historicisms and old|editor-last1=Whitlock|editor-first1=Keith|title=The Renaissance in Europe : a reader|date=2000|publisher=Yale University Press in association with The OpenUniversity|location=New Haven|isbn=9780300082234|pages=4&ndash;11}}
+*{{cite book|last1=Danson Brown |first1=Richard |chapter=From Burckhardt to Greenblatt: New Historicisms and Old|editor-last1=Whitlock|editor-first1=Keith|title=The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader|date=2000|publisher=Yale University Press in association with The OpenUniversity|location=New Haven|isbn=9780300082234|pages=4&ndash;11}}
+* Ferguson, Wallace K. ''The Renaissance and Historical Thought'' (1948), pp. 179–192 [https://archive.org/details/renaissanceinhis0000ferg online]
+* Garner, Roberta. "Jacob Burckhardt as a Theorist of Modernity: Reading The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy." ''Sociological Theory'' (1990): 48-57 [http://smjegupr.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Garner-Roberta.-Jacob-Burckhardt-as-a-Theorist-of-Modernity-Reading-The-Civilization-of-the-Renaissance-Italy.pdf online] also [https://www.jstor.org/stable/202194 online at JSTOR]
 *{{cite news|last1=Geddes|first1=Dan|title="The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" by Jacob Burckhardt|url=http://www.thesatirist.com/books/Civ_Renaiss_Italy.html|accessdate=15 September 2016|work=The Satirist|date=11 November 2000}}
+* Hay, Denys. "Burckhardt's Renaissance: 1860-1960." ''History Today'' (Jan. 1960), volume 10, issue 1, pp. 14-23.
-*{{cite book|last1=Hinde|first1=John R.|title=Jacob Burckhardt and the crisis of modernity|date=2000|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|location=Montreal|isbn=0773510273}}
-*{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Jonathan|title=Jacob Burckhardt: The Renaissance revisited|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/jul/10/jacob-burckhardt-civilization-renaissance-italy|accessdate=15 September 2016|work=The Guardian|date=9 July 2010}}
+*{{cite book|last1=Hinde|first1=John R.|title=Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity|date=2000|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|location=Montreal|isbn=0773510273}}
+*{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Jonathan|title=Jacob Burckhardt: The Renaissance Revisited|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/jul/10/jacob-burckhardt-civilization-renaissance-italy|accessdate=15 September 2016|work=The Guardian|date=9 July 2010}}
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+[[Category:Works about the Renaissance]]
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