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Who wrote The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy in 1860?

AJacob Burckhardt
BLeopold von Ranke
CGasparo Contarini
DFrancesco Barbaro
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Correct answer: A. Jacob Burckhardt
1. He was a Swiss scholar at Basle. 2. Burckhardt wrote it in 1860. 3. He said history was about culture, not just politics. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 7, Changing Cultural Traditions._
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