Contesting the Renaissance

William Caferro

ISBN 10: 1405123702 / ISBN 13: 9781405123709

Published by Wiley, 2011

About this Item

Book measures 23x15cm, 253pp. Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers softcover. Binding lightly rubbed with some minor shelf wear. Binding in fine condition, internally, small bookplate, otherwise pages very clean, A very good clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contesting the Renaissance
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405123702
• ISBN 13: 9781405123709
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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

About the Author

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).