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William McCuaig explores the intellectual turbulence of the late Italian Renaissance through a full examination of the work of one scholar--the humanist Carlo Sigonio (1523-84), whose insistence on critical methods for reconstructing the past revolutionized the study of ancient Roman history and the Italian Middle Ages. An internationally published scholar caught in the political tension of the Counter-Reformation, Sigonio was harshly censored by ecclesiastical authorities in Rome, who opposed his application of critical methods to the history of the post-classical world. McCuaig traces Sigonio's interactions with his opponents and supporters, both academic and clerical, to provide a fascinating and detailed portrait of a cultural milieu. On a general level, this study of Sigonio's works helps explain how the republican ethos of the Italian Renaissance came to an end and how the modern study of ancient history evolved in Italy and France after 1550. Among many topics, this book emphasizes Sigonio's contributions to social history, and points to parallels between the changing social stratifications of ancient Rome and those of early modern Italy. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the work also touches upon the history of education, political theory, the book trade, and historiography.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Historians --- Humanists --- Renaissance --- 098.1 --- 873.4 <45> --- 930.85.44 <45> --- 098.1 Verboden boeken --- Verboden boeken --- 873.4 <45> Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur--Italië --- Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur--Italië --- 930.85.44 <45> Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance--Italië --- Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance--Italië --- Biography --- Sigonio, Carlo, --- Sigone, Carlo, --- Sigonius, Carolus, --- Italy --- Intellectual life --- Historians -- Italy -- Biography. --- Humanists -- Italy -- Biography. --- Italy -- Intellectual life -- 1559-1789. --- Renaissance -- Italy. --- Sigonio, Carlo, -- 1524?-1584. --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Sigonio, Carolo, --- Sigonio, Carolus, --- Sigonius, Carl, --- Sigonius, Car., --- Sigonius, Carlus, --- Sigonius, --- Lauredanus, Bernardinus, --- Lauredanus, Bernardus,

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Take a breath.... Read slowly. How often in the course and crush of our daily lives do we afford ourselves moments to truly relish-to truly be present in-the act of preparing and eating food? For most of us, our enjoyment of food has fallen victim to the frenetic pace of our lives and to our increasing estrangement, in a complex commercial economy, from the natural processes by which food is grown and produced. Packaged, artificial, and unhealthful, fast food is only the most dramatic example of the degradation of food in our lives, and of the deeper threats to our cultural, political, and environmental well-being. In 1986, Carlo Petrini decided to resist the steady march of fast food and all that it represents when he organized a protest against the building of a McDonald's near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Armed with bowls of penne, Petrini and his supporters spawned a phenomenon. Three years later Petrini founded the International Slow Food Movement, renouncing not only fast food but also the overall pace of the "fast life." Issuing a manifesto, the Movement called for the safeguarding of local economies, the preservation of indigenous gastronomic traditions, and the creation of a new kind of ecologically aware consumerism committed to sustainability. On a practical level, it advocates a return to traditional recipes, locally grown foods and wines, and eating as a social event. Today, with a magazine, Web site, and over 75,000 followers organized into local "convivia," or chapters, Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. Slow Food not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization's goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As Newsweek described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for "a kinder and gentler capitalism." Linger a while then, with the story of what Alice Waters in her Foreword calls "this Delicious Revolution," and rediscover the pleasures of the good life.

#VCV monografie 2004 --- Food habits --- Gastronomy --- Slow food movement --- Social movements --- Eating --- Diet --- Cooking --- Dinners and dining --- Food --- Food customs --- Foodways --- Human beings --- Habit --- Manners and customs --- Nutrition --- Oral habits --- Gastronomy. --- Slow food movement. --- Food habits.

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