Christopher Carlsmith is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and 2009-2010 Fellow at Villa I Tatti, Harvard University's Center for Italian Renaissance Studies.
The ambition of this new study is not to be a work of mere local
history, but rather a broader contribution to our understanding of
pre-university education in sixteenth and early seventeenth century
Italy, in which Bergamo functions as a microcosm of larger
trends.
*Jonathan Woolfson, Renaissance Quarterly, vol
63:03:10*
‘This excellent book is a study of schooling in the provincial city
of Bergamo in the late Renaissance. Carlsmith offers useful and
important data from nearby villages, other Veneto cities, and
Venice. No scholar of Renaissance and Catholic Reformation
education can afford to miss this important work.’
*Quaderni D’Italianistica vol 31:02:10*
'Carlsmith's erudition and lucid prose are to be praised, and his
contribution to reader's understanding of confraternities in the
history of education is especially noteworthy, as is his
explanation of Counter-Reformation educational programs in
general... Such careful, nonpartisan scholarly work deserves a
broad readership.'
*H-Education; August 2011*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
