Thompson, Ed., The Renaissance

Abstract

In The Renaissance, Stephen P. Thompson has compiled 21 articles divided into five chapters: The Origins of the Renaissance, Political and Social Contexts of the Renaissance, Renaissance Discoveries and Transformations, Achievements and Developments of the Later Renaissance, and The Significance of the Renaissance. This organization provides the reader with an essential overview of the full historical period that is the European Renaissance. Not only does Thompson provide the breadth of Italian, Northern European, and Western European Renaissance civilization, but he also touches upon the critical elements of Renaissance art, philosophy, the Reformation, and the Counter-Reformation periods.