{"product_id":"9781444361513","title":"Locus Amoenus Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRenaissance Studies Special Issues\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLocus Amoenus\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexander Samson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Renaissance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLocus Amoenus\u003c\/i\u003e provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors come from a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, scholars and the librarian and archivist to the Royal Horticultural Society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRichly illustrated throughout\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Samson\u003c\/b\u003e lectures on early modern Spain and Latin America at University College London. He is also the co-director of the Centre for Early Modern Exchanges. His research interests include Anglo-Spanish intercultural exchange, the marriage of Philip II and Mary Tudor, and the Golden Age \u003ci\u003ecomedia\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Match: Prince Charles’s Journey to Madrid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1623\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Lope de Vega\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jonathan Thacker, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 March 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444361513\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378865500300,"sku":"9781444361513","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444361513.jpg?v=1780182821","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781444361513","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}