In Our Image and Likeness

Charles Trinkaus (1911–1999) was emeritus professor of history at the University of Michigan. He published a number of books, including The Poet as Philosopher: Petrarch and the Formation of Renaissance Consciousness and The Scope of Renaissance Humanity.

". . . an important and thoughtful book. It is . . . a book to return to again and again." —Times Literary Supplement"Histories of spirituality have given scant attention to lay spirituality and lay theologizing in centuries previous to the twentieth. Trinkaus provides much material toward redressing the balance as regards Renaissance Italy." —Review for Religious"Charles Trinkhaus's In Our Image and Likeness set the study of early Italian humanism upon a new course by stressing its religious inspiration. This classic work remains as timely today as when it was first published. Students in the field will be grateful to have it available again--at last." —Louis Dupré, Yale UniversityA substantial contribution to the continuing debate on the meaning and significance, even the very existence, of the Renaissance. . . . [T]his study does present an original, challenging interpretation of Renaissance thought, stemming from Trinkaus' complete command of Classical, Patristic, Scholastic, and Renaissance sources, and his familiarity with modern scholarly literature.