1 online resource (4 volumes) :

This set focuses on Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art, literature, economics, and science curriculum. Includes entries on a range of topics, including Florence, Galileo, heraldry, Medici family, opera, piracy, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, and many others. Includes a master chronology with topical timelines, a bibliography with age-appropriate further reading sources, and a comprehensive index

"In 1999 Charles Scribner's Sons, in collaboration with the Renaissance Society of America, produced the six-volume Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (ER), with Paul F. Grendler as editor in chief ... Now Charles Scribner's Sons presents The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students, a condensed version of ER written especially for students."--(Vol. 1, p. xi)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Vol. 1. Academies-Cromwell -- Vol. 2. Daily life-Julius II -- Vol. 3. Kepler-Princes and Princedoms -- Vol. 4. Printing and publishing-Writing

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