Re-examination of the Images of the Renaissance in Western Europe

从世纪现代史学开始以来，文艺复兴研究即欧洲文明从中世纪向现代的过渡/转型研究一直是史学家的试金石。对于人文学科的学生来说，这也是最重要的主题之一。研究项目团队根据最近的历史研究积累，研究了文艺复兴时期不断变化的形象。首先，地中海古代的专家们对“重生”的古典古代给出了一个令人耳目一新的观点。其次，中世纪和近代早期的历史学家对文艺复兴时期的欧洲提出了修正的观点，认为文艺复兴时期的欧洲与非欧洲国家的关系日益密切。“世界和人类的发现”（伯克哈特）继续发展，通过侦察，人文主义研究和改革到启蒙运动。欧洲与外部世界的关系到了十八世纪末，已经走到了一个循环的终点。这涉及到对现代性的修正。第三，致力于当代知识重组的合作者将继续从更广泛的文明史和人类史的角度为重建历史研究做出贡献。

The studies of Renaissance, i.e. of the transition/transformation of European civilization from medieval to modern, has been a touchstone of historians from the beginning of modern historical science in the nineteenth century. And it remains one of the most significant themes for students of humanities as well.The research project team has examined the shifting images of Renaissance based upon the recent accumulation of historical researches. Firstly, specialists of Mediterranean antiquity have given a refreshing view of the 'reborn' classical antiquity. Secondly, medieval and early modern historians have given revising views of Renaissance Europe which had growing relations with the non-Europe. The 'discovery of the world and the human' (Burckhardt) continues to develop through the reconnaissance, humanist studies and the reformation into the enlightenment. The relations of Europe with the outer world have come to a circular conclusion by the end of the eighteenth century. This relates to a revision of modernity. Thirdly, the collaborators who commit to the reorganization of contemporary knowledge will continue to contribute to the reconstruction of historical studies from the wider perspective of history of civilization and humanity.