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Professor Plumb characterises and discusses those aspects of the Renaissance which, in his view, are fundamental to an understanding of it.
Professor Plumb characterises and discusses those aspects of the Renaissance which, in his view, are fundamental to an understanding of it.
| Module code and title: | A201, Renaissance and Reformation |
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| Item code: | A201; 01 |
| Recording date: | 1972-05-24 |
| First transmission date: | 17-01-1971 |
| Published: | 1972 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:17:01 |
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| Producer: | John Selwyn Gilbert |
| Contributor: | J H Plumb |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | History; Scientific Study |
| Footage description: | In this inaugural radio programme Professor Plumb characterises and discusses those aspects of the Renaissance which, in his view, are fundamental to an understanding of it. He takes into account the views of historians whose studies have persuaded them that the Renaissance represented an acceleration of existing trends rather than a combination of new developments, but he prefers the view that the habits of accurate observation and 'scientific' study which became current during the Renaissance period represented a fundamental and significant change in methods of thinking and working. 'In the Renaissance', he writes, 'there is a sense... that nature if observed accurately will lead to eternal truths and not that nature exists to illustrate them.' Most of all Professor Plumb categorises the invention of printing as the technical development which permitted the rapid dissemination and the critical study of the new habits of accuracy and objectivity that certain outstanding writers, artists and sculptors began to develop during the Renaissance. |
| Master spool number: | TLN21FM192 |
| Production number: | TLN21FM192 |
| Available to public: | no |
