A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance

A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
ISBN-10
0470751614
ISBN-13
9780470751619
Category
History
Pages
576
Language
English
Published
2008-04-15
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Guido Ruggiero

Description

This 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. Overturns the idea that it was a period of European cultural triumph and highlights the negative as well as the positive. Looks at the Renaissance from a world, as opposed to just European, perspective. Views the Renaissance from perspectives other than just the cultural elite. Gender, sex, violence, and cultural history are integrated into the analysis.

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