《西方人文传统研究(500-1800)》由詹琍敏所著，内容涉及15世纪到18世纪西方创造性的文化遗产(人文科学humanlities)，包括文学、哲学、历史、视觉艺术等，本书可供相关研究的读者阅读学习。

《西方人文传统研究(500-1800)》由詹琍敏所著，《西方人文传统研究(500-1800)》主要研究15世纪到18世纪西方创造性的文化遗产(人文科学humanlities)，包括文学、哲学、历史、视觉艺术等。所选思想内容和艺术作品主要根据两个原则：一是它们必须代表它们所处时代的精神和价值观，从某种角度上看也能代表永恒的价值观(如达·芬奇的作品代表了当时人们探索宇宙运转规律的决心，同时也代表人类永恒的价值观)；二是这些思想和作品要能对中国的文化发展具有启发性。研究西方创造性文化遗产就是与西方一些伟大的思想家和艺术家的对话，研究他们的思想价值观，然后用他们的价值观来对照、比较我们的价值观，从而扩大我们的文化视野。这种对话也是一种个人享受，得到多大的享受取决于我们的好奇心和耐心。就像永恒的友谊需要耐心、需要培养一样，我们需要耐心和好奇心才能理解他们的思想和作品。了解这些伟大的思想家和艺术家是没有捷径的。本书拟从文本、与文本有关的各种文化背景及含义三个方面展开研究。

               PART I

  WESTERNCIVILIZATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES

          ( 500-1500 )

CHAPTER ONE

THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

 THE ROMANO-GERMANIC CHRISTIANIZED WEST

  The Germanic Society

  The New Political Structure in the West--The Frankish Empire

  The Christian Church

 CULTURE OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

  Christianity and Classical Learning

  The Carolingian Renaissance

 THE BYZANTINE WORLD

  The Byzantine Empire

  The Differences between the Western Church and the

    Eastern Church

 BYZANTINE CULTURE

  Thought

  The Preservation of Classical Works

  Byzantine Architecture and Mosaics

  Byzantine Influence on the West

 THE ISLAMIC WORLD

  Islam

  The Expansion of Islam

 ISLAMIC CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS

  Islamic History

  Islamic Philosophy

  Islamic Science

  Islamic Architecture

CHAPTER TWO

THE HIGH MIDDLE AGE

  FEUDALISM

  Vassalage

  The Chivalric Code

  The Rebirth of Urban Life and Commerce

  The Feudal Monarchy

  The German Empire

  The Reform of the Church

 THE CULTURE OF THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES--THE AGE OF

  SYNTHESIS

  The Cathedral Schools and the Rise of the Universities

  The Age of Synthesis: Scholasticism

  Vernacular Literature

  Architecture and Sculpture

CHAPTER THREE

THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

  HARD TIMES AND RECOVERY

  Plague, Famine, and Wars

  Commercial and Social Dislocation, and Revolts

  The Forces of Recovery (Industrialization)

  The Secular Monarchies

  The Papal Monarchy

 THE CULTURE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

  Religion

  Philosophy and Science

  Literature

  Art and Architecture

              PART II

 THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE

           (c. 1350-c. 1550 )

CHAPTER FOUR

THE EARLY RENAISSANCE

  ITALY OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE

  Italian City-states during the Early Renaissance

  Renaissance Patrons

  HUMANISM AND CLASSICAL REVIVAL IN ITALY

  Humanism

  The Classical Revival

  Petrarch : Father of Humanism

  Civic Humanism

  Textual Criticism: Lorenzo Valla

  Revival of Platonism: Ficino and Pico

  The Artistic Renaissance

CHAPTER FIVE

THE HIGH RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MANNERISM

  THE STRUGGLE FOR ITALY

  The Rise of the Modern Sovereign States: Spain and France                                                                                ~.*

  FROM HIGH RENAISSANCE TO EARLY MANNERISM

   High Renaissance

   Mannerism

   High Renaissance Literature

   High Renaissance Painting

   High Renaissance Sculpture

   High Renaissance Music

CHAPTER SIX

THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

  CHRISTIAN HUMANISM

  Northern Christian Humanism and Desiderius Erasmus

   Sir Thomas More and His Utopia

  LITERATUER AND ARTS

  Literature Renaissance

  Artistic Renaissance

  SCENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS

  Astronomy

  Medicine and Anatomy

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE CHRISTIAN REFORMATIONS, RELIGIOUS WARS

AND MANNERISM ( c. 1517-c. 1648 )

 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

  Martin Luther and the Reformation

  The Spreading of the Protestant Reformation

  The Protestant Heritage

 THE CATHOLIC COUNTER-REFORMATION

  The Counter-Reformation Popes

  The Council of Trent

  The Society of Jesus

 A HALF CENTURY OF RELIGIOUS WARS

  The French Wars of Religion ( 1562-1598 )

  The Revolt of the Netherlands

  Hostility between England and Spain

 MANNERISM

             PART III

  FAITH, REASON, AND POWER IN THE EARLY

          MODERN WORLD

             ( 1600-1800 )

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE AGE OF BAROQUE

 WARFARE, ABSOLUTISM, AND THE BALANCE OF POWER

  The Thirty Yearn' War

  The Supreme Example of Absolutism: France

  Limited Monarchy: The Dutch Republic and England

 THE BAROOUE STYLE

  The Florid Baroque and the Roman Catholic Church

  The Classical Baroque and the Absolutism in France

  The Restrained Baroque in the Netherlands and England

  Baroque Literature

  Baroque Music

CHAPTER NINE

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT

( 1600-1789 )

  THE SCENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  The Empiricist Francis Bacon

  The Rationalist Rene Descartes

   English and French Traditions

  Newton's Law of Gravitation

 THE ENLIGHTENMENT

  The Intelligibility of the Universe

  The Confidence in Scientific Method

  The Psychology of John Lock

  The Philosophies

 CULTURAL TRENDS: FROM ROCOCO TO NEOCLASSICAL

  The Rococo Style

  Neoclassicism

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