Renaissance

Renaissance is a term used to describe a revival in intellectual or artistic effort. In History, this term is most often used to describe a period in European History between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, there have been other periods and places said to under go a renaissance, such as the "Harlem Renaissance" in that Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, which took place in the early 20th Century. This article is about the European Renaissance,"the great revival of art and letters, under the influence of classical models, which began in Italy in the 14th century and continued during the 15th and 16th" centuries in Europe. (reference for quote: Oxford English Dictionary online http://www.oxfordonline.com/)

Further Reading

• Brotton, Jerry. The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction (2006) excerpt and text search
• Burckhardt, Jacob. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860), a famous classic; excerpt and text search 2007 edition; also complete text online
• Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1. The Renaissance (1903), older atticles by scholars complete text online
• Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2003). 862 pp. online at OUP* Grendler, Paul F., ed. The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students. (2003). 970 pp. * Hall, Bert S. Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (2001) excerpt and text search
• King, Margaret L. Women of the Renaissance (1991) excerpt and text search
• Kristeller, Paul Oskar, and Michael Mooney. Renaissance Thought and its Sources (1979) excerpt and text search
• Nauert, Charles G. Historical Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2004). 541 pp.
• Patrick, James A., ed. Renaissance and Reformation (5 vol 2007), 1584 pages; encyclopedia
• Plumb, J. H. The Italian Renaissance (2001) excerpt and text search
• Rowse, A. L. The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society (2000) excerpt and text search
• Ruggiero, Guido, ed. A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance. (2002). 561 pp. * Sider, Sandra. Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe (2007) excerpt and text search
• Speake, Jennifer and Bergin, Thomas G., eds. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation. (2004). 550 pp.
• Turner, Richard N. Renaissance Florence (2005) excerpt and text search

Bibliography

• Brotton, Jerry. The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction (2006) excerpt and text search
• Brown, Meg Lota. Women's Roles in the Renaissance. (2005). 335 pp.
• Burckhardt, Jacob. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860), a famous classic; excerpt and text search 2007 edition; also complete text online
• Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1. The Renaissance (1903), older atticles by scholars complete text online
• Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2003). 862 pp. online at OUP
• Cook, James Wyatt. Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature. (2005). 598 pp.
• Crum, Roger J. and Paoletti, John T., eds. Renaissance Florence: A Social History. (2006). 674 pp.
• Frazier, Alison Knowles. Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy. (2005). 527 pp.
• Frommel, Christoph Luitpold. The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance. (2007). 224 pp
• Grendler, Paul F., ed. The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students. (2003). 970 pp.
• Hall, Bert S. Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (2001) excerpt and text search
• Hartt, Frederick and Wilkins, David G. History of Italian Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. (5th ed. 2003). 768 pp.
• Holt, Mack P., ed. Renaissance and Reformation France, 1500-1648. (2002). 263 pp.
• King, Margaret L. Women of the Renaissance (1991) excerpt and text search
• Kristeller, Paul Oskar, and Michael Mooney. Renaissance Thought and its Sources (1979) excerpt and text search
• Mackenney, Richard. Renaissances: The Cultures of Italy, c. 1300-c. 1600. (2005). 302 pp.
• Nauert, Charles G. Historical Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2004). 541 pp.
• Ongaro, Julio. Music of the Renaissance. (2003). 202 pp.
• Patrick, James A., ed. Renaissance and Reformation (5 vol 2007), 1584 pages; encyclopedia
• Plumb, J. H. The Italian Renaissance (2001) excerpt and text search
• Rabb, Theodore K. The Last Days of the Renaissance and the Rise of Modernity. (2006). 272 pp.
• Rowse, A. L. The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society (2000) excerpt and text search
• Ruggiero, Guido, ed. A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance. (2002). 561 pp.

• Sider, Sandra. Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe (2007) excerpt and text search
• Soergel, Philip M., ed. Arts & Humanities Through the Eras. Vol. 1: Renaissance Europe (1300-1600). (2005) 465 pp.
• Speake, Jennifer and Bergin, Thomas G., eds. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation. (2004). 550 pp.
• Turner, Richard N. Renaissance Florence (2005) excerpt and text search

Historiography

• Woolfson, Jonathan, ed. Palgrave Advances in Renaissance Historiography. (2005). 317 pp.

Primary sources

• Bondanella, Julia Conaway, and Mark Musa. The Italian Renaissance Reader (1987) excerpt and text search
• Ross, James Bruce, and Mary M. McLaughlin, eds. The Portable Renaissance Reader (1977) excerpt and text search