Download or read book The Florentine Renaissance written by Vincent Cronin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florence in the fifteenth century was the undisputed centre of the Italian Renaissance. Its legacy is apparent today in every aspect of human endeavour. Our art and science, our learning and literature, our Christianity and our civic liberties, even our conception of what constitutes a gentleman, have all been shaped by Florentine thought and deed. In this brilliant and absorbing book Vincent Cronin brings vividly to life the people and myriad achievements of this astonishingly fruitful epoch in human history.