For 10 points each, answer these questions about cultural historian Jakob Burckhardt.
[10e] Burckhardt’s best known work is titled for the Civilization of [this period] in Italy. This period is considered to have followed the Middle Ages.
ANSWER: the Renaissance
[10m] Burckhardt also wrote a book titled The Age of [this ruler]. Renaissance-era humanist Lorenzo Valla determined that a “Donation” named for this ruler was a forgery created by the papacy.
ANSWER: Constantine the Great [or Constantine I; prompt on Constantine]
[10h] Jacob Burckhardt’s lectures at this university were frequently attended by Friedrich Nietzsche, who was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at this university in 1869.
ANSWER: University of Basel
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