Renaissance

'This is a most welcome volume for students of the Renaissance. The essays collected here are of high quality and they fit together well, illustrating both the diversity of Renaissance culture and the variety of scholarly approaches to it. It would be a pleasure to teach a course on the basis of this collection.'- - Peter Burke, University of Cambridge'This volume brings together a group of stimulating articles by distinguished scholars, each offering an original, penetrating view of the major issues confronting the Renaissance historian. It serves as a uniquely valuable introduction to the major debates in the field for anyone who wishes to know more about a fascinating and complex era that formed the basis for the modern age.'-Patricia Fortini Brown, Princeton University

• Introduction – The Renaissance: Between Myth and History John Jeffries Martin Part 1: The Renaissance Paradigm in Crisis Part 2: Politics, Language and Power Part 3: Individualism, Identity and Gender Part 4: Art, Science and Humanism Part 5: Religion: Tradition and Innovation