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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study to the Renaissance
Enrich my own sheaf - I can only plead in excuse that it is my desire to entice the student to glean from the same fields a more abundant harvest for himself. It would make too long a list to enumerate all the authorities that have necessarily been consulted for a general survey of this kind. In the sections which deal with Italian culture I have been almost entirely guided by the late Mr. J. A. Symonds' monumental work, The Renaissance in Italy, ' and others of his writings; and I must also express my obligations to the works of Mr. Pater; M. Taine; Michelet Histoire de France and Life of Luther Milman History of Latin Chris tianity Vernon Lee Euphorion') Mr. Beard The Reformation in Relation to Modern Thought Mrs. Mark Pattison The Renaissance of Art in Mr. Lecky Rationalism in Europe, ' Mr. Ruskin (various works) Mr. Bryce The Holy Roman Empire Mrs. Oliphant Cervantes, ' etc.) Professor Saintsbury History of French Literature and Elizabethan Litera ture Mr. Wakeman History of the English Church Mr. T. R. Smith Architecture: Renais sance and Modern Ticknor History of Spanish Literature as well as Hallam, Froude, Green, Motley, Hazlitt, Ranke, Sismondi, Freeman, and many others whose names will readily suggest themselves as authorities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.