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A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
Guido Ruggiero
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Description for A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Ruggiero, Guido. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to European History
Number of Pages
574
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405157834
SKU
V9781405157834
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About Guido Ruggiero
Guido Ruggiero is Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Miami. His previous publications include Binding Passions: Tales of Magic Marriage and Power at the End of the Renaissance (1993), The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice (1985), and Violence in Early Renaissance Venice (1980). He has also edited two series of ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
"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 ... Read more