Caferro Contesting the Renaissance

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2451-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Contesting the Past

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caferro, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?

Über Autor(innen)

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).