TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muir,Edward
TI  - The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance: Skeptics, Libertines, and Opera
T2  - The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Series
SN  - 9780674041264
AV  - DG675 
U1  - 945/.3107 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Renaissance-Italy-Venice
KW  - Renaissance-Italy-Padua
KW  - Venice (Italy)-History-1508-1797
KW  - Venice (Italy)-Intellectual life-16th century
KW  - Padua (Italy)-History-16th century
KW  - Padua (Italy)-Intellectual life-16th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Skeptics Galileo's telescope andcremonini's headache -- 2. The Libertines The celestial divorce -- 3. The Librettists Poppea in the opera box -- Notes -- Index
N2  - Muir explores an era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated libertine morals, critiqued the tyranny of aristocratic fathers over their daughters, and expanded the theatrical potential of grand opera. In so doing, he reveals the distinguished past of today's culture wars
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