A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance

Guido Ruggiero is Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Miami. His previous publications include Binding Passions: Tales of Magic Marriage and Power at the End of the Renaissance (1993), The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice (1985), and Violence in Early Renaissance Venice (1980). He has also edited two series of books: Studies in the History of Sexuality and Selections from Quaderni Storici.

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.