William Caferro

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Contesting the Renaissance (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

In this book, William Caferro asks if the Renaissance was really a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity.

• An influential investigation into the nature of the European Renaissance
• Summarizes scholarly debates about the nature of the Renaissance
• Engages with specific controversies concerning gender identity, economics, the emergence of the modern state, and reason and faith
• Takes a balanced approach to the many different problems and perspectives that characterize Renaissance studies

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.42MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444324518
• Artikelnr.: 38306119

Rezensionen

"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 University