{"product_id":"sociology-of-the-renaissance-elizabeth-freidheim-9781412856867","title":"Sociology of the Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis classic work marks the culmination of a definite stage in the socio-economic historiography from the late Middle Ages to the rise of the \u003cem\u003ehaute bourgeoisie\u003c\/em\u003e in the early Renaissance. Here Alfred von Martin attempts to discover and define the spirit or essence of the Renaissance, and with it the spirit of early capitalism as it arose in Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis analysis focuses on the capitalist \u003cem\u003ehaute bourgeois\u003c\/em\u003e who represented the economically, politically, and culturally dominant class of the Renaissance. As he shows, eventually its decline brings about a new stasis in the aristocratization of the great bourgeoisie as well as the rise of despotism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shift from an agricultural to a commercial economy was unquestionably one of the essential elements in the transition from medieval to Renaissance civilization. This book's republication is a welcome development and will make this classic accessible again to scholars of the Renaissance and Renaissance humanism. In addition to its new introduction, it also includes a bibliography of von Martin's extensive writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Freidheim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412856868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412856867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Elizabeth Freidheim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065548747007,"sku":"9781412856867","price":66.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e491bc26-f59c-4918-8e2d-f0c6adac4db9.jpg?v=1768675695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sociology-of-the-renaissance-elizabeth-freidheim-9781412856867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}