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A letter by this writer warned of demagogues “who will descend upon Europe” and act as “terrible simplifiers.” This writer produced a comprehensive study of a country’s art that was arranged geographically to act as a travel guide in The Cicerone (“CHEECH-uh-roh-neh”). This writer (10[1])described a time when “a common (10[1])veil woven of faith, illusion, and childish prepossession” covered “both sides of human consciousness, [which] lay dreaming or half awake.” A book by this writer that includes the sections “The Discovery of the World and of Man” and “The Development of the Individual” inspired the research of Johan Huizinga (“YO-han HOY-zing-uh”). This writer described a period (-5[1])of “the State (-5[1])as the outcome of reflection and calculation the State as a work of art” in a pioneering book (-5[1])on cultural history. (10[2])For 10 points, name this 19th-century Swiss (10[1])historian who wrote (-5[1])The Civilization (10[2])of the Renaissance (10[2])in Italy. ■END■ (10[3]0[7])

ANSWER: Jacob Burckhardt [or Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt]
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