Discover what life was like for ordinary people in Renaissance Italy through this unique resource that paints a full portrait of everday living.

Describes the history, culture, and life of people living during the Renaissance.

In writing about sixteenth-century France, Lucien Febvre looked for those changes in human consciousness that explain the process of civilization--the most spec

A fascinating history of the Renaissance told through the lives of people from all levels of society. Like every era, the Renaissance brims with stories. Fascin

A radical new perspective on the dynamics of urban life in Renaissance Italy The cities of Renaissance Italy comprised a network of forces shaping both the urba