{"product_id":"contesting-the-renaissance-hardback-9781405123693","title":"Contesting the Renaissance (Hardback) 9781405123693","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContesting the Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An admirably wide-ranging and fair-minded survey of a vast body of literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eChristine Shaw, Swansea University\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"After decades of quarrels and controversy over the meaning of the historical Renaissance in the modern world, William Caferro reminds us why all the fighting has mattered--and how much fun it has been for the participants and spectators.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Connell, Seton Hall University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Caferro (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405123693, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 July 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.526 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\"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels\/libraries.\" (Choice, 1 August 2011)\u003cbr\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\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn influential investigation into the nature of the European Renaissance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSummarizes scholarly debates about the nature of the Renaissance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with specific controversies concerning gender identity, economics, the emergence of the modern state, and reason and faith\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes a balanced approach to the many different problems and perspectives that characterize Renaissance studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Renaissance Question.  \u003cp\u003e2. Individualism. Who was the Renaissance Man?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Gender. Who was the Renaissance Woman?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Humanism. Renovation or Innovation?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Economy. Hard Times or Prosperity?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Politics. The Emergence of the Modern State?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Faith and Science. Religious or Rational?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437757264152,"sku":"9781405123693","price":72.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405123693.jpg?v=1784938361","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contesting-the-renaissance-hardback-9781405123693","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}