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John Wiley A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance by Guido Ruggiero
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._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
Introduction: Renaissance Dreaming: In Search of a Paradigm: Guido Ruggiero (University of Miami). Part I: The Course of Renaissance Events:. 1. The Italian Renaissance: Gene Brucker (University of California, Berkeley, retired). 2.The European Renaissance: Randolph Starn (University of California, Berkeley). 3. The Renaissance and the Middle East: Linda T. Darling (University of Arizona). 4. The Renaissance World from the West: Matthew Restall (Pennsylvania State University). 5. The Historical Geography of the Renaissance: Peter Burke (University of Cambridge). Part II: The Worlds and Ways of Power:. 6. Governments and Bureaucracies: Edward Muir (Northwestern University). 7. Honor, Law, and Custom in Renaissance Europe: James R. Farr (Purdue University). 8. Violence and its Control in the Late Renaissance: An Italian Model: Gregory Hanlon (Dalhousie University). 9. Manners, Courts, and Civility: Robert Muchembled (University of Paris-North). 10. Family and Clan in the Renaissance World: Joanne M. Ferraro (San Diego State University). 11. Gender: Elissa B. Weaver (University of Chicago). 12. The Myth of Renaissance Individualism: John Jeffries Martin (Trinity University). Part III: Social and Economic Worlds:. 13. Social Hierarchies: The Upper Classes: Matthew Vester (University of West Virginia). 14. Social Hierarchies: The Lower Classes: James S. Amelang (Universidad Autonomo de Madrid). 15. Tools for the Development of the European Economy: Karl Appuhn (New York University). 16. Economic Encounters and the First Stages of a World Economy: John A. Marino (University of California, San Diego). Part IV: Cultural Worlds:. 17. The Subcultures of the Renaissance World: David C. Gentilcore (University of Leicester). 18. High Culture: Ingrid D. Rowland (American Academy in Rome). 19. Religious Cultures: R. Po-chia Hsia (Pennsylvania State University). 20. Art: Loren Partridge (University of California, Berkeley). 21. Literature: James Grantham Turner (University of California, Berkeley). 22. Political Ideas: John M. Najemy (Cornell University). 23. The Scientific Renaissance: William Eamon (New Mexico State University). Part V: Anti-Worlds:. 24. Plague, Disease, and Hunger: Mary Lindemann (University of Miami). 25. Renaissance Bogeymen: The Necessary Monsters of the Age: Linda Woodbridge (Pennsylvania State University). 26. Violence and Warfare in the Renaissance World: Thomas F. Arnold (Yale University). 27. Witchcraft and Magic: Guido Ruggiero (University of Miami). 28. The Illicit Worlds of the Renaissance: Ian Frederick Moulton (Arizona State University). Consolidated Bibliography. Index._x000D_