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    Non datur talis causarum concatenatio sit causa sulficiens, & necessaria actionis. by Browning, Samuel, d. 1667

    Published 1661
    Subjects: “…Humanities England Early works to 1800.…”
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    The human stage : English theatre design, 1567-1640 / by Orrell, John

    Published 1988
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    Humanism and Calvinism : Andrew Melville and the universities of Scotland, 1560-1625 / by Reid, Steven J.

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Between Reformation and reform : the Scottish universities, 1560-74 -- Humanism and Calvinism : Melville's education, 1545-74 -- The first foray into reform : Melville and the "ancient" universities, 1574-84 -- Reform and reaction at St Andrews, 1579-88 -- The rise and fall of "Melvillian" St Andrews, 1588-97 -- The rise of "the moderates" in St Andrews, 1597-1606 -- "Godly" humanism, civic control : Scotland's Protestant arts colleges, 1582-c.1606 -- The Scottish universities post-Melville, c. 1606-25 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : student matriculations and graduations, 1559-1625.…”
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    Humanism and classical crisis : anxiety, intertexts, and the Miltonic memory / by Blevins, Jacob, 1970-

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…The convergence of voice, the artifacts of memory : theoretical orientations -- The Renaissance, Rome, and humanism's classical crisis -- Anxiety and constructions of the text : dialogues with a classical past -- Miltonic elegy and the rebirth of a Roman (split) subject -- Milton's heroic action and formal falls.…”
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    Humanism and classical crisis : anxiety, intertexts, and the Miltonic memory / by Blevins, Jacob, 1970-

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…The convergence of voice, the artifacts of memory : theoretical orientations -- The Renaissance, Rome, and humanism's classical crisis -- Anxiety and constructions of the text : dialogues with a classical past -- Miltonic elegy and the rebirth of a Roman (split) subject -- Milton's heroic action and formal falls.…”
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    Humanism in an age of science : the Amsterdam Athenaeum in the golden age, 1632-1704 / by Miert, Dirk van

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Part I -- A History -- Introduction -- The university that was never founded -- The myth of the wise merchant -- A scarcity of sources -- The historiography of Athenaeum and University -- Research question -- Structure of this book -- Editorial principles -- Chapter One -- Higher Education in the Low Countries -- Foundations -- A nursery for the state -- A nursery for the church -- Advantages for the city -- Advantages for the parents -- The specific function of an illustrious school -- The practical utility of knowledge -- The controversial start of the Amsterdam Athenaeum -- Chapter Two -- An Amsterdam Cortege -- The inauguration of the Illustrious School -- The first period: "The illustrious beginning" -- The second period -- The third period -- Conclusion -- Part II -- Teaching Practices -- Chapter Three -- Private teaching -- Introduction -- Variables in private teaching -- Regular and non-regular students -- Regular and non-regular teachers -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four -- Public teaching -- Introduction -- The lectio publica -- Praelectiones and lectiones publicae -- Audience composition -- Conclusions -- Chapter Five -- Semi-public teaching -- Introduction -- The disputation -- The practice oration -- Practical education -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six -- Holidays, timetables and absences -- Introduction -- The academic year -- Series Lectionum -- Absences -- Conclusion -- Part III -- The Contents of Teaching -- Chapter Seven -- The arts I: the rhetorical subjects -- Introduction -- History and eloquence -- Oriental languages -- Conclusions -- Chapter Eight -- The arts II: the philosophical subjects -- General introduction -- Three periods: Barlaeus, Senguerdius and De Raei -- Logic -- Physics and mathematics -- Moral philosophy -- Philosophy at the Athenaeum: conclusion -- Chapter Nine -- The teaching of law -- Introduction -- The first period -- The second period -- The third period -- Conclusion -- Chapter Ten -- The teaching of medicine -- Introduction -- Developments in medicine -- The Amsterdam medical world -- Premature plans -- Senguerdius (16488211;1667) -- Blasius (16608211;1685) -- Bernagie (16928211;1699) -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eleven -- The teaching of theology -- Introduction -- The Athenaeum and the Remonstrant Seminary -- The Athenaeum and the other religious denominations -- Theological ideas in teaching prior to Van Leeuwen -- Gerbrandus van Leeuwen -- Conclusion -- Part IV -- Conclusion and Appendices -- Chapter Twelve -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- The Athenaeum as a traditional institute of higher education -- The Athenaeum as a city venture -- The Athenaeum in the academic landscape -- The Athenaeum: humanism in an age of science -- Appendix 1: Timeline of professors -- Appendix 2: Geographical origins of students defending disputations, 16508211;1670 -- Appendix 3: Easter and Pentecost holidays at the Athenaeum -- Sources -- Unpublished sources -- Municipal archives and state archives -- University Libraries (manuscript letters) -- Published sources.…”
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    Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters / by Davies, Surekha, 1974-

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Renaissance maps and the concept of the human -- Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500 -- Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture -- Spit-roasts, barbecues and the invention of the Brazilian cannibal -- Trade, empires and propaganda: Brazilians on French maps in the age of Francois I and Henri II -- Monstrous ontology and environmental thinking: Patagonia's giants -- The epistemology of wonder: Amazons, headless men and mapping Guiana -- Civility, idolatry and cities in Mexico and Peru -- New sources, new genres and America's place in the world, 1590-1645 -- Epilogue.…”
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    Envoys of a human God : the Jesuit mission to Christian Ethiopia, 1557-1632 / by Martínez d'Alós-Moner, Andreu

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…Envoys of a Human God: The Jesuit Mission to Christian Ethiopia, 1557-1632; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures, Maps, Plates and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; Introduction; PART 1: From Diu to Faremona; 1: The Prester John's New Clothes; The Courting of the naguś; Dom João III: Religious Reform as Expansion; The Preste's New Clothes; 2: From Santiago to St. …”
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    Africans in America.

    Published 1998
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