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This Book Offers A Rich And Exciting New Way Of Thinking About The Italian Renaissance As Both A Historical Period And A Historical Movement. Guido Ruggiero's Work Is Based On Archival Research And New Insights Of Social And Cultural History And Literary Criticism, With A Special Emphasis On Everyday Culture, Gender, Violence, And Sexuality. The Book Offers A Vibrant And Relevant Critical Study Of A Period Too Long Burdened By Anachronistic And Outdated Ways Of Thinking About The Past. Familiar, Yet Alien; Pre-modern, But Suggestively Post-modern; Attractive And Troubling, This Book Returns The Italian Renaissance To Center Stage In Our Past And In Our Historical Analysis.-- Introduction: The End Of The World And Its Rebirth (rinascita) As The Rinascimento -- Legitimacy: A Crisis And A Promise (c. 1250 -- C.1340) -- Civiltà: Living And Thinking The City (c.1300 -- C.1375) -- Plague: Death, Disaster, And The Rinascita Of Civiltà (c.1325-1425) -- Violence: Social Conflict And The Italian Hundred Years' War (c. 1350-1454) -- Imagination: The Sacred Primary Culture Of The Early Rinascimento (c. 1350- C. 1475) -- Courts: Princes, Aristocrats, And Quiet Glory (c. 1425- C. 1500) -- Self:

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Author

Guido Ruggiero

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781139025911

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities