Challenges to AuthorityPeter Elmer Yale University Press, 2000 M01 1 - 418 pages The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by developments in various other spheres of early modern life and culture. Foremost among these were the religious changes initiated by the Protestant Reformation, which are discussed in the opening chapters of this book. Religious and cultural developments in Germany are contrasted with sixteenth-century Spain and are further explored through the study of the picaresque novel Lazarillo de Tormes. Subsequent chapters explore the Renaissance fascination with witchcraft and demonology in both learned discourse (Pico’s Strix) and popular drama (The Witch of Edmonton). The volume concludes with a study of one of the most influential and provocative writers of the sixteenth century, Michel de Montaigne, whose Essays provide stimulating material for a reassessment of the impact of the Renaissance on contemporary thought. |
Contents
Renaissance and reform | 1 |
The spread of reform | 55 |
The representation of reform | 103 |
Lazarillo de Tormes | 169 |
occult philosophy magic | 249 |
Paracelsus and the Paracelsian revolution in medicine | 258 |
Renaissance demonology | 268 |
Conclusion | 281 |
The Witch of Edmonton | 287 |
Montaigne on Montaigne | 333 |
Glossary | 397 |
Acknowledgements | 404 |
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