The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity

ISBN 10: 3110660199 / ISBN 13: 9783110660197

Verlag: Walter de Gruyter, 2019

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Inhaltsangabe:

The late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century saw a final resurgence of the concept of Fortuna. Shortly thereafter, this goddess of chance and luck, who had survived for millennia, rapidly lost her cultural and intellectual relevance. This volume explores the late heyday and subsequent erasure of Fortuna. It examines vernacular traditions and confessional differences, analyses how the iconography and semantics of Fortuna motifs transformed, and traces the rise of complementary concepts such as those of probability, risk, fate and contingency. Thus, a multidisciplinary team of contributors sheds light on the surprising ways in which the end of Fortuna intersected with the rise of modernity.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Arndt Brendecke und Peter Vogt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity
Verlag: Walter de Gruyter
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good