The most wide-ranging and authoritative reference work on the Renaissance available at this price point with this breadth of coverage
Written almost entirely by Renaissance scholar Gordon Campbell, the text has been vetted by a distinguished team of 3 consultant editors and 19 advisory editors, specialists in topics such as Italian art, science, Greek scholarship, French literature, and music
In addition to the A to Z entries, text includes a thematic index, four very useful appendices, and 100 stunning black-and-white illustrations
The Renaissance (French for 'rebirth') was a period of intense activity in Europe in thought, culture, philosophy, painting, architecture, sculpture, and writing. This unique work is a major new A-Z reference surveying in around 4,000 entries all aspects of the Renaissance starting from 1415 (battle of Agincourt) and ending at 1618 (outbreak of the Thirty Years War).