{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-worlds-of-the-renaissance-paperback-softback-9781405157834","title":"A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405157834","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGuido Ruggiero (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405157834, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 October 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e574 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 3.2 cm, 0.962 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This volume would be a useful tool in an academic library providing students of the period with a valuable source of both traditional and new thought on the Renaissance world. The essays are involved and need to be considered in some detail to fully appreciate the scholarly thought. Perhaps most useful as a stepping-stone to further study, it is an excellent volume that deserves shelf space in all non-specialist academic libraries and libraries that serve history lovers.\" \u003ci\u003eLouise Ellis-Barrett, Assistant Librarian, Dulwich College, London \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This companion sets new agendas for research and explores some refreshing ways of thinking about the Renaissance. Contributors include scholars from many disciplines. Recommended for scholars, researchers, upper-division under-graduates and graduates students\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This most impressive volume deserves considerable praise. The editor, in his helpful and wide-ranging introduction, ensures a fascinating and valuable volume.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of European Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e (with notes, and a rich composite bibliography) is strongest on social history and literature, as well as for historical insights and literary merits\" \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The articles are not simply factual summaries: they all have their own arguments, and many of them suggest places where the present state of knowledge is inadequate, so that the book is rich in suggestions for further research.... Ruggiero asks his readers to \"applaud if you have enjoyed our performance\"; yes, it is greatly enjoyable.\" \u003ci\u003eJohn Considine, University of Alberta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume brings together some of the most exciting renaissance scholars to suggest new ways of thinking about the period and to set a new series of agendas for Renaissance scholarship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOverturns the idea that it was a period of European cultural triumph and highlights the negative as well as the positive.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at the Renaissance from a world, as opposed to just European, perspective.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eViews the Renaissance from perspectives other than just the cultural elite.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGender, sex, violence, and cultural history are integrated into the analysis.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Renaissance Dreaming: In Search of a Paradigm 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuido Rumiero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I THE COURSE of RENAISSANCEE EVENTS 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Italian Renaissance 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGene Brucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The European Renaissance 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandolph Starn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Renaissance and the Middle East 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda T. Darling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Renaissance World from the West 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Restall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Historical Geography of the Renaissance 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 11 THE WORLDS AND WAYS OF POWER 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Governments and Bureaucracies 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Muir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Honor, Law, and Custom in Renaissance Europe 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames R. Farr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Violence and its Control in the Late Renaissance: An Italian Model 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Hanlon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Manners, Courts, and Civility 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Muchembled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Family and Clan in the Renaissance World 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanne M. Feeraro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Gender 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElissa B. Weaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Myth of Renaissance Individualism 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Jeffiies Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I11 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WORLDS 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Social Hierarchies: The Upper Classes 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Ester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Social Hierarchies: The Lower Classes 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames S. Amelang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Tools for the Development of the European Economy 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Appuhn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Economic Encounters and the First Stages of a World Economy 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn A. Marino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV CULTURAL WORLDS 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Subcultures of the Renaissance World 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid C. Gentilcore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 High Culture 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngrid D. Rowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Religious Cultures 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Po-chia Hsia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Art 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoren Partridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Literature 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Grantham Turner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Political Ideas 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Najemy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Scientific Renaissance 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Eamon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V ANTI-WORLDS 425\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Plague, Disease, and Hunger 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Lindemann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Renaissance Bogeymen: The Necessary Monsters of the Age 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Woodbridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Violence and Warfare in the Renaissance World 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas F. 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