Contesting the RenaissanceIn 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.
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Contents
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Who Was the Renaissance Man? | |
Who Was the Renaissance Woman? | |
Renovation or Innovation? Transmission | |
Hard Times or Prosperity? | |
Hard Times Prosperity and Investment in Culture | |
Slavery | |
The Emergence of the Modern State? | |
Religious or Rational? | |
Vinci | |
Further Reading | |
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