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Informationen zum Autor William Caferro is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His previous publications include Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena (1998), and The Spinelli: Merchants, Patrons and Bankers in Renaissance Florence (1998). Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung In the nineteenth century! the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt famously defined the Renaissance as a period of progress! reason! the emergence of the individual! and the beginning of modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Renaissance Question. 2. Individualism. Who was the Renaissance Man? 3. Gender. Who was the Renaissance Woman? 4. Humanism. Renovation or Innovation? 5. Economy. Hard Times or Prosperity? 6. Politics. The Emergence of the Modern State? 7. Faith and Science. Religious or Rational?
List of contents
1. The Renaissance Question. 2. Individualism. Who was the Renaissance Man?
3. Gender. Who was the Renaissance Woman?
4. Humanism. Renovation or Innovation?
5. Economy. Hard Times or Prosperity?
6. Politics. The Emergence of the Modern State?
7. Faith and Science. Religious or Rational?
About the author
William Caferro is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His previous publications include
Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena (1998), and
The Spinelli: Merchants, Patrons and Bankers in Renaissance Florence (1998).
