The culture wars of the late Renaissance : skeptics, libertines, and opera / Edward Muir.

In this book, Muir explores an era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated libertine morals, critiqued the tyranny of aristocratic fathers over their daughters, and expanded the theatrical potential of grand opera. In so doi...

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Main Author: Muir, Edward, 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Series:Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance.
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