About the Author

Peter Gay is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and director of the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. His many books include the three-volume The Enlightenment- An Interpretation; Schnitzler's Century- The Making of Middle-Class Culture, 1815-1914; and Freud- A Life for Our Time.

Reviews

“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”—Hajo Holborn