Locus Amoenus (E-Book) von Alexander Samson

IntroductionLocus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance
Alexander Samson1

1 The world of the Renaissance herbal
Brent Elliott24

2 Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English Renaissance garden
Paula Henderson42

3 River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy
Claudia Lazzaro70

4 Dissembling his art: Gascoignes Gardnings
Susan C. Staub95

5 My innocent diversion of gardening: Mary Somersets plants
Jennifer Munroe111

6 Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, thehuerto and Lope de VegasNovelas a Marcia Leonarda
Alexander Samson124

7 Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens
Brian Dix151

Index 183

• A ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden history
• Essays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment
• The book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within it
• Contributors come from a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, scholars and the librarian and archivist to the Royal Horticultural Society
• Reflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticism
• Richly illustrated throughout

Alexander Samson 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 Agecomedia. He is the editor ofThe Spanish Match: Prince Charless Journey to Madrid,1623 (2006) andA Companion to Lope de Vega (with Jonathan Thacker, 2008).