Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary.Carney, Jo Eldridge, ed. Renaissance and Reformation Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme is a bilingual (English and French), multidisciplinary journal devoted to what is currently called the early modern world (see early modern period). , 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary Biographical dictionaries — a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information — have been written in many languages. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in Who's Who (The Great Cultural Eras of the Western World.) Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press. 2001. xvii + 417 pp. append To add to the end of an existing structure. , bibl, index. $79.95. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-313-30574-9. This volume is a part of a series of general biographical dictionaries aimed at providing "basic information on the people who have contributed significantly to Western culture". The editor provides a brief introduction and a chronology of major events of the era. In keeping with the series' goal of emphasizing culture over politics, figures here are drawn from the worlds of visual art, literature, science, architecture, and music. Both famous (Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Galileo) and lesser-known personalities (the Muslim scholar Leo Africanus Leo Africanus (ăfrĭkā`nəs), c.1465–1550, Moorish traveler in Africa and the Middle East. His Arabic name was Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad. Captured by pirates, he was sent as a slave to Pope Leo X. , the Flemish geographer-astronomer Gemma Frisius, the English travel writer Thomas Coryate) are represented. Appendices for "Subjects by Discipline" and "Subjects by Country," a bibliography, and an index of names. |
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