Music and Culture in Late Renaissance Italy Dispute Resolution Drawing upon 178 in-depth interviews

Drawing upon 178 in-depth interviews with young adults

revealing the impact of this "mystification" on contemporary forms of Kabbalah and Hasidism

Its central message is that while competition seems ubiquitous

Reformed Christians who appear totally focused on divine transcendence turn out at times to be closet nature mystics

humanitarian actors strive to distinguish themselves from other international actors in their midst

Music and Culture in Late Renaissance Italy Dispute Resolution Drawing upon 178 in-depth interviewsDr Fenlon explores the role music played in the cultural, religious, and political upheavals of late Renaissance Italy, revealing how musical activity of all kinds was instrumentalized by those in power. Focusing on the second half of the sixteenth century a period still often regarded as one of decline and degeneration after the achievements of the Quattrocento and before the calamit d'Italia the author argues that Italian culture did not lose its