Routledge Library Editions: The Renaissance

Originally published between 1927 and 1982, the volumes in this set:

• Outline the social, economic and topographical factors which brought about the Renaissance
• Examine the great Italian Renaissance cities and their families. Two volume focus in particular on the Medici women.
• Discuss the French Renaissance and its literary and artistic heritage.
• Survey the artistic manifestations of European Renaissance with particular reference to early 20th Century London collections in Sculpture, Art, Bronzes, Ceramics and Glass.
• Contrast various currents of thought in the Renaissance with their medieval counterparts or forerunners.