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100	1		_aLord, John, _d1810-1894
245	1	0	_aBeacon Lights of History, Volume 06: Renaissance and Reformation
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2003
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2003-12-01
508			_aE-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520			_a"Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06: Renaissance and Reformation" by John Lord is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into significant themes of the Renaissance and Reformation periods, focusing on key figures like Dante, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Martin Luther, while exploring their contributions to literature, culture, and societal change. At the start of the volume, Lord introduces the concept of poetry as a leading cultural force during the Renaissance, emphasizing Dante's preeminence as a poet who awakened Italy from the stagnation of the Middle Ages. He chronicles Dante's life from a young prodigy to his years of exile, tying his artistic achievements, particularly the "Divine Comedy," to his personal experiences and the societal turbulence of his time. Lord's portrayal underscores the tumult of Dante's life as formative in shaping his literary output, focusing on his spiritual love for Beatrice and the moral and philosophical themes interwoven throughout his work. This section sets the foundation for the subsequent exploration of other influential personalities during the Renaissance and Reformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10532
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