Contesting the Renaissance
Published on 12. August 2010
264 pages
978-1-4443-9132-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, William Caferro asks if the Renaissance was really aperiod of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, andthe beginning of modernity.
* * An influential investigation into the nature of the EuropeanRenaissance
* Summarizes scholarly debates about the nature of theRenaissance
* Engages with specific controversies concerning gender identity,economics, the emergence of the modern state, and reason andfaith
* Takes a balanced approach to the many different problems andperspectives that characterize Renaissance studies
Reviews / Votes
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 August 2011) "An admirably wide-ranging and fair-minded survey of a vast body ofliterature." --Christine Shaw, Swansea University "After decades of quarrels and controversy over the meaning ofthe historical Renaissance in the modern world, William Caferroreminds us why all the fighting has mattered--and how much fun ithas been for the participants and spectators." --William J. Connell, Seton Hall UniversityMore details
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Person
William Caferro is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His previous publications include Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena (1998), and The Spinelli: Merchants, Patrons and Bankers in Renaissance Florence (1998).
Content
1. The Renaissance Question.
2. Individualism. Who was the Renaissance Man?
3. Gender. Who was the Renaissance Woman?
4. Humanism. Renovation or Innovation?
5. Economy. Hard Times or Prosperity?
6. Politics. The Emergence of the Modern State?
7. Faith and Science. Religious or Rational?
