Table of Contents

John M. Najemy: Introduction
1: Robert Black: Education and the Emergence of a Literate Society
2: Carol Everhart Quillen: Humanism and the Lure of Antiquity
3: David S. Peterson: Religion and the Church
4: Julius Kirshner: Family and Marriage: a Socio-Legal Perspective
5: Diane Owen Hughes: Bodies, Disease, and Society
6: Franco Franceschi: The Economy: Work and Wealth
7: Andrea Zorzi: The Popolo
8: Dale Kent: The Power of the Elites: Family, Patronage, and the State
9: John M. Najemy: Governments and Governance
10: David Abulafia: The South
11: Edward Muir: Representations of Power
12: Alison Brown: Rethinking the Renaissance in the Aftermath of Italy's Crisis
Further Reading
Chronology

Promotional Information

A new and accessible introduction to the Italian Renaissance

About the Author

John M. Najemy is Professor of History at Cornell University.