David Nicholas (1) (1939–)
Autor(a) de Medieval Flanders
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About the Author
David Nicholas is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor Emeritus of History at Clemson University. He is the author or editor of 15 books and numerous scholarly articles. He has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Séries
Obras por David Nicholas
The Evolution of the Medieval World: Society, Government and Thought in Europe, 312-1500 (1992) 38 exemplares
The Growth of the Medieval City: From Late Antiquity to the Early Fourteenth Century (1997) 28 exemplares
The Metamorphosis of a Medieval City: Ghent in the Age of the Arteveldes, 1302-1390 (1899) 11 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Nicholas, David
- Nome legal
- Nicholas, David Mansfield
- Data de nascimento
- 1939-10-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Locais de residência
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Educação
- University of North Carolina (AB|1961)
University of California, Berkeley (AM|1963)
Brown University (PhD|1967) - Organizações
- Mediaeval Academy of America
American Historical Association
Membros
Críticas
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Membros
- 226
- Popularidade
- #99,470
- Avaliação
- 3.2
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 60
- Línguas
- 3
Nicholas does make some statements concerning the literature of the Middle Ages that I found a little condescending. He for instance dismisses the Italian 'humanist' movement (which included Petrarch among its proponents) after Dante as a 'manuscript-hunting craze', and calls the Italian Renaissance of the late Middle Ages 'a stillborn creation in most respects'. He also says of northern Europe (including England, with Chaucer and Langland) that the 'fourteenth century is a period of increased individuality, although not better quality, in art and literature...' (p.267). I think my problem with this is that Nicholas isn't really an expert in these fields, and he basically flings out misguided generalisations about the art and literature of the time. That makes me worry that Nicholas's generalisations about other aspects (of which I know comparatively little) might also be misguided.
On the whole, I found the book informative and accurate as far as dates and information that I could check up went.… (mais)