Charles Homer Haskins (1870–1937)
Autore di La rinascita del XII secolo
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Fonte dell'immagine: Oil Creek McClintocks
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1870-12-31
- Data di morte
- 1937-05-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Istruzione
- Johns Hopkins University (PhD | 1890)
- Attività lavorative
- historian
presidential advisor - Organizzazioni
- American Historical Association (president | 1922)
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Recensioni
The Renaissance of the 12th Century di Charles Homer Haskins
12/2/22
I bought this for a quarter this morning. The premise was rather promising. Apparently the text was culled from a rasher of lectures delivered in the 1920s. There is a depressing dearth of example or citation. I would've pitched it were it not for the links to Waddell's Wandering Scholars.
Rather tough sledding, this book. It came out in 1927, which may account for a bit of archaic style. For another thing, I found this to be couched in a very dry, academic tone. This is not, I would think, a "popular" presentation. It also assumes a fair amount of knowledge of religious affairs, and of philosophy. It's really more of an intellectual history, touching on language, poetry, historical writing, and such. Politics and current events tend to show up only tangentially. For specialists in this area, not a broader audience.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 16
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 951
- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 48
- Lingue
- 4