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Usuallyportrayedasaperioddominatedbytheextraordinaryachievementsofgreatmen,MargaretL.KingrecaststheRenaissanceasamorecomplexculturalmovementrootedinauniqueurbansocietythatwasitselftheproductofmanyfactorsandinteractions,suchascommerce,papalandimperialambitions,artisticpatronage,scientificdiscovery,aristocraticandpopularviolence,legalprecedents,peasantmigrations,famine,plague,invasionandothersocialfactors.Togetherwithliteraryandartisticachievements,therefore,today''sRenaissancehistoryincludesthestudyofpower,wealth,gender,class,honour,shame,ritualandothercategoriesofhistoricalinvestigationopenedupinrecentyears.Inthistext,ProfessorKingtracesthediffusionoftheRenaissancefromItalytotherestofEurope,
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MargaretL.KingisProfessorofHistoryatBrooklynCollegeandGraduateCenterCityUniversityofNewYork.SheistheauthorofseveralbooksincludingtheprizewinningVenetianHumanisminanAgeofPatricianDominanceandWomenoftheRenaissanceaswellasatextbookWesternCivilization:ASocialandCulturalHistory.
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