Contesting the Renaissance / William Caferro.
""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, Selon Hall University&...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
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| Series: | Contesting the past.
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| Online Access: | Wiley Online Library |
| Summary: | ""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, Selon Hall University" ""An admirably wide-ranging and fair-minded survey of a vast body of literature."--Christine Shaw, Swansea University" "In the nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt famously defined the Renaissance as a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity. In this book, William Caferro asks how accurate Burckhardt's definition was and summarizes recent scholarly debates about the nature of the Renaissance." "Caferro's account engages with a range of specific controversies, including the nature of the Renaissance (wo)man; whether or not the Renaissance was a period of prosperity; and how the relationship between reason and faith altered during this period. The book takes a balanced approach to the many different problems and perspectives that characterize Renaissance studies."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 253 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1405123699 9781405123693 1405123702 9781405123709 1282684116 9781282684119 1444324500 9781444324501 1444324519 9781444324518 1444391321 9781444391329 |