Writing about the Renaissance can be a daunting task. Not only do scholars disagree on what the Renaissance is, but they also disagree on whether or not it even

Originally published in 2003 under the title: The Renaissance in Europe.

This new textbook provides students with a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the European Renaissance, one of the most influential

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A fresh and vigorous appreciation of the intellectual liberation and artistic triumphs of the Italian Renaissance. The development of the first universities fro