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1 online resource.Locus Amoenus 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. A ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden historyEssays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environmentThe book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within.Front Matter -- Locus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance / Alexander Samson -- The world of the Renaissance herbal / Brent Elliott -- Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English ₁Renaissance₂ garden / Paula Henderson -- River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy / Claudia Lazzaro -- Dissembling his art: ₁Gascoigne's Gardnings₂ / Susan C Staub -- ₁My innocent diversion of gardening₂: Mary Somerset's plants / Jennifer Munroe -- Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the and Lope de Vega's / Alexander Samson -- Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens / Brian Dix -- Index.Introduction: Locus amoenus : gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance / Alexander Samson -- The world of the Renaissance herbal / Brent Elliott -- Clinging to the past : medievalism in the English "Renaissance" garden / Paula Henderson -- River gods : personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy / Claudia Lazzaro -- Dissembling his art : "Gascoigne's Gardnings" / Susan C. Staub -- "My innocent diversion of gardening" : Mary Somerset's plants / Jennifer Munroe -- Outdoor pursuits : Spanish gardens, the "huerto," and Lope de Vega's Novelas a Marcia Leonarda / Alexander Samson -- Experiencing the past : the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens / Brian Dix.edited by Alexander Samson.Includes bibliographical references and index.ew----- 1450-1600 fast GardensEurope, WesternHistory16th centuryGardensSocial aspectsEurope, WesternHistory16th centuryGardeningEurope, WesternHistory16th centuryHorticultureEurope, WesternHistory16th centuryGardens, RenaissanceHistoryGardens in literatureEuropean literatureRenaissance, 1450-1600History and criticismRenaissanceGARDENINGRegionalGeneralEuropean literatureRenaissanceGardeningGardensGardens in literatureGardens, RenaissanceGardensSocial aspectsHorticultureIntellectual lifeManners and customsRenaissanceEurope, WesternSocial life and customs16th centuryEurope, WesternIntellectual life16th centuryEurope, WesternSB466.E92 L63 2012eb635.09/031Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2012(OCoLC)7791660649781118232781111823278X9781118232811111823281X9781118232804111823280110.1002/9781118232781 Wiley InterScienceD566AA3C-FA57-45E2-94E6-0C01CC6CE521 OverDrive, Inc.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118232781http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118232781DG112061920171114091359.0ocn795795374eng