TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson, Paul
TI  - Renaissance: a short history
SN  - 9780812966190
U1  - 940.21 
PY  - 2000///
CY  -  New York
PB  - Modern library chronicles
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Italy
KW  - civilization
KW  - Europe
KW  - intellectual life
KW  - civilization, medieval
N2  - The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, its great heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thought is credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern and producing the most astonishing outpouring of artistic creation the world has ever known. But what was it? In this masterly work, the incomparable Paul Johnson tells us. He explains the economic, technological, and social developments that provide a backdrop to the age’s achievements and focuses closely on the lives and works of its most important figures. A commanding short narrative of this vital period, The Renaissance is also a universally profound meditation on the wellsprings of innovation
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