tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post7238985879341280447..comments2023-12-06T11:18:27.198+01:00Comments on ThinkShop: The Renaissance: Made in SwitzerlandP. M. Doolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-84756991510616706742010-09-05T16:35:34.664+02:002010-09-05T16:35:34.664+02:00Thank you H NiyaziThank you H NiyaziP. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-63911732227773598222010-09-05T12:15:58.995+02:002010-09-05T12:15:58.995+02:00Lovely summary :) I am delighted you included the...Lovely summary :) I am delighted you included the Vasari reference - as that is often missed in summaries of the etymology of the term.<br /><br />There is no era that is not without inequality and discrimination - not the heady days of Athenian democracy, not the Renaissance, and most certainly not the 21st century. <br /><br />All we can do is celebrate the successes of each era, and hopefully learn from their mistakes too - if not as a society, than at least at an individual level.<br /><br />Kind Regards<br />H Niyazi<br />threepipeproblem.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091875643921165081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-7044708631001403682010-09-01T08:10:24.173+02:002010-09-01T08:10:24.173+02:00I agree. Burckhardt recognised the violence of the...I agree. Burckhardt recognised the violence of the period, but in some ways he seemed to relish it, leading some commentators to remark how Renaissance Italy was the exotic "Other" for this professor in dull Basel. But he believed that women had equality with men, and modern research has shown him to be way off mark in this case. Regarding Jews, it is worth bearing in mind that at the time of writing his great book Jews were banned from Zurich and Basel and could not apply for Swiss citizenship.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-71765671833810890272010-09-01T05:46:17.115+02:002010-09-01T05:46:17.115+02:00I am very mixed in my thinking about the Renaissan...I am very mixed in my thinking about the Renaissance.<br /><br />The 19th century was indeed dominated by technological advances, ugly industrialisation and selfish materialism, but that doesn't mean that the 16th century was a bastion of modernity and freedom of thought. Not for workers, not for women, not for Jews, and not for Catholic men who challenged church teachings.<br /><br />But still, as a very educated man, I would rather have been in Italy during the 16th century than just about any other place on earth.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com