Contesting the Renaissance - Rilegato

Caferro, William

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1405123699 ISBN 13: 9781405123693

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2010

Riassunto

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.

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• 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

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Recensione:

"An admirably wide–ranging and fair–minded survey of a vast body of literature."
Christine Shaw, Swansea University

"After decades of quarrels and controversy over the meaning of the historical Renaissance in the modern world, William Caferro reminds us why all the fighting has mattered––and how much fun it has been for the participants and spectators."
William J. Connell, Seton Hall University

Recensione:

"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 August 2011)

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405123699
• ISBN 13: 9781405123693
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 253