Contesting the Renaissance Caferro Hardback Wiley–Blackwell 9781405123693

Contesting the RenaissanceAuthor(s): William Caferro\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405123693, 978-1405123693\nSynopsis\nIn 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.\n\nAn influential investigation into the nature of the European Renaissance\nSummarizes scholarly debates about the nature of the Renaissance\nEngages with specific controversies concerning gender identity, economics, the emergence of the modern state, and reason and faith\nTakes a balanced approach to the many different problems and perspectives that characterize Renaissance studies