Contesting the Renaissance |
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| Author:
| Caferro, William |
| Series title: | Contesting the Past Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4443-2451-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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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...
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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