The Culture of the Italian Renaissance Author: [Switzerland] Jacob Burckhardt Publisher: The Commercial Press

Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) is one of the greatest cultural historians and art historians of the 19th century. Since the first German edition of this book in 1860, it has been recognized as the first choice of academic work for researchers entering the field of Renaissance. The book analyzes the development of Italian culture from the second half of the 13th century to the middle of the 16th century from the perspectives of politics, thought, academics, social life, etiquette, morality, religion, etc., and constructs a unique interpretation system. The basic viewpoints put forward by Burckhardt in the book, such as the Renaissance is the beginning of modern Western culture, have long become the theoretical starting point for Western historians to study the Renaissance. This book has laid the theoretical foundation for Western historiography on the Renaissance and has irreplaceable epoch-making significance.