The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640

by William J. Bouwsma and Professor William J. Bouwsma

Book Overview

Eminent historian William J. Bouwsma here examines the conventional view of the European Renaissance as the root and foundation of modern culture, arguing instead that while it had a beginning and a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300085370
• ISBN13: 9780300085372
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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hapters consider the yearning for order

Historians have viewed Western cultural achievement as a singular progression; William Bouwsma's Waning Of The Renaissance rethinks the view, arguing that the period from 1550-1640 was a phase of complex ambivalence which stimulated cultural change. Chapters consider the yearning for order, social and political discontents of the times, and the process of change.