{"product_id":"9781405123709","title":"Contesting the Renaissance","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContesting the Past\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eContesting the Renaissance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Caferro\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 18th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Caferro\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eMercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spinelli: Merchants, Patrons and Bankers in Renaissance Florence\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 August 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405123709\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380478177420,"sku":"9781405123709","price":41.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405123709.jpg?v=1780237199","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405123709","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}