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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 Content: Chapter 1 The Renaissance Question (pages 1–30): Chapter 2 Individualism: Who Was the Renaissance Man? (pages 31–60): Chapter 3 Gender: Who Was the Renaissance Woman? (pages 61–97): Chapter 4 Humanism: Renovation or Innovation? Transmission or Reception? (pages 98–125): Chapter 5 Economy: Hard Times or Prosperity? (pages 126–155): Chapter 6 Politics: The Emergence of the Modern State? (pages 156–184): Chapter 7 Faith and Science: Religious or Rational? (pages 185–212):

Who reads Contesting the Renaissance (Contesting the Past)?

Author

William Caferro(auth.)

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781444391329

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, World History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24