The Renaissance in Italy
A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento
Nonfiction, History, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Guido Ruggiero | ISBN: | 9781316120002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | December 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Guido Ruggiero |
| ISBN: | 9781316120002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | December 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
This book offers a rich and exciting new way of thinking about the Italian Renaissance as both a historical period and a historical movement. Guido Ruggiero's work is based on archival research and new insights of social and cultural history and literary criticism, with a special emphasis on everyday culture, gender, violence and sexuality. The book offers a vibrant and relevant critical study of a period too long burdened by anachronistic and outdated ways of thinking about the past. Familiar, yet alien; pre-modern, but suggestively post-modern; attractive and troubling, this book returns the Italian Renaissance to center stage in our past and in our historical analysis.
This book offers a rich and exciting new way of thinking about the Italian Renaissance as both a historical period and a historical movement. Guido Ruggiero's work is based on archival research and new insights of social and cultural history and literary criticism, with a special emphasis on everyday culture, gender, violence and sexuality. The book offers a vibrant and relevant critical study of a period too long burdened by anachronistic and outdated ways of thinking about the past. Familiar, yet alien; pre-modern, but suggestively post-modern; attractive and troubling, this book returns the Italian Renaissance to center stage in our past and in our historical analysis.
