The waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640 / William J. Bouwsma.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2000], ©2000.

xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-266) and index.

The cultural community of Europe -- The liberation of the self -- The liberation of knowing -- The liberation of time -- The liberation of space -- The liberation of politics -- The liberation of religion -- The worst of times -- Renaissance theater and the crisis of the self -- Toward a culture of order -- The reordered self -- The quest for certainty: from skepticism to science -- The decline of historical consciousness -- Order in society and government -- Order in religion -- Order in the arts.