About the Author

Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) has been called 'the most civilised historian of the nineteenth century', and he was certainly one of the greatest historians of art and culture of his time. A Professor at the University of Basel, Burckhardt was especially knowledgeable about the Renaissance.

Reviews

"There is much wisdom and insight in Jacob Burckhardt's words. He studied history carefully and attempted to learn from the past." --Allan C. Brownfeld, America's Future"He writes as an extremely thoughtful and good human being, one who had absorbed during his lifetime an incredible number of facts, shaping them by reflection into meanings which make them sueful to the reader." --Manas