Part of the "Routledge Worlds" series, this book offers a survey of Europe in the Renaissance, from the late thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries, and shows how the Renaissance laid foundations for many aspects of the world. It begins with a section on the antecedents of the Renaissance world, and ends with its lasting influence.

Lavishly illustrated, the book begins with a section on the antecedents of the Renaissance world, and ends with its lasting influence, creating an invaluable read for students and scholars of history and the Renaissance to dip in to again and again.

Introduction: The Renaissance -- A World in Motion "John Jeffries Martin"
Part 1: Three Preludes
1. Rome at the Center of a Civilization "Ingrid Rowland"
2. Framing and Mirroring the World "Lyle Massey"
3. The Black Death, Tragedy, and Transformation "Samuel K. Cohn", Jr.
Part 2: A World in Motion
4. The Manufacture and Movement of Goods "Joanne M. Ferraro"
5. Cities, Towns, and New Forms of Culture "Alexander Cowan"
6. European Expansion and a New Order of Knowledge "Francisco Bethencourt"
7. The Invention of Europe "John A. Marino"
8. Humanity "Anthony Grafton"
Part 3: The Movement of Ideas
9. The Circulation of Knowledge "Peter Burke"
10. Virgil and Homer in Poland "Michael Tworek"
11. Montaigne in Italy "Francois Rigolot"
12. "Shared Studies Foster Friendship:" Humanism and History in Spain Katherine "Elliot van Liere"
13. Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas More: Parallel Lives "David Harris Sacks"
Part 4: The Circulation of Power
14. Courts, Art, and Power "Malcolm Vale"
15. An Imperial Renaissance "Thomas Dandelet"
16. Renaissance Triumphalism in Art "Randolph Starn"
17. The Ottoman Empire "Daniel Goffman"
18. Religious Authority and Ecclesiastical Governance "Constantin Fasolt"
19. Mothers and Children "Caroline Castiglione"
20. The Renaissance Goes Up in Smoke "Robert C. Davis" Part 5: Making Identities 21. Human Exceptionalism "Kenneth Gouwens"
22. Worthy of Faith? Authors and Readers in Early Modernity "Albert Russell Ascoli"
23. The Renaissance Portrait: From Resemblance to Representation "Bronwen Wilson"
24. Objects and Identity: Antonio de'Medici and the Casino at San Marco in Florence "Jacqueline Marie Musacchio"
25. Food: Pietro Aretino and the Art of Conspicuous Consumption "Douglas Biow"
26. Shakespeare's Dream of Retirement "David Bevington" Part 6: Beliefs and Reforms
27.Speaking Books, Moving Images "Meredith J. Gill" 28. Religious Minorities "N. S. Davidson"
29. Humanism and the Dream of Christian Unity "Susan R. Boettcher"
30. Christian Reform and its Discontents "Brad S. Gregory"
31. A Tale of Two Tribunals "David Gentilcore"
32. Christianity in Sixteenth-Century Brazil "Alida C. Metcalf"
33. Toward a Sacramental Poetics "Regina Mara Schwartz" Part 7: A New Order of Knowledge
34. The Sun at the Center of the World "Paula Findlen"