TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roscoe,Kelly
TI  - The Italian and northern Renaissance
T2  - Power and religion in medieval and Renaissance times
SN  - 9781680486278 (library bound : alkaline paper)
AV  - DG445 .I74 2018
U1  - 940.21 It13 2018 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York, NY, USA : 
PB  - Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, 
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Italy
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Europe, Northern
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - 1268-1559
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-101) and index; Urban growth and wars of expansion -- Italian humanism -- Renaissance thought -- The northern Renaissance -- Renaissance science and technology -- Conclusion -- Glossary; JHS
N2  - The modern period of history is often considered to have begun with the Renaissance, one of the rare periods of genius in the world s history. This volume traces the Renaissance from its beginnings in Italy in the fourteenth century to its spread across the rest of Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Along with the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman writing, the Renaissance represented a new age in the fields of science, literature, religion, politics, and many others. Readers will learn about the great thinkers of their era and how their beliefs radically changed the landscape of Europe.
ER  -