1. Edition - July 2010
25.90 Euro
2010. 264 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2370-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2370-9 - John Wiley & Sons








Detailed description
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

From the contents
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?