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.
• Fletcher, Stella. The Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe, 1390-1530. (2000). 347 pp.
• Hale, John. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. (1994). 648 pp. excerpt and text search
• Hall, Bert S. Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (2001) excerpt and text search
• Hattaway, Michael, ed. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. (2000). 747 pp.
• Johnson, Paul. The Renaissance: A Short History. (2000). 197 pp. 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
• Ross, James Bruce, and Mary M. McLaughlin, eds. The Portable Renaissance Reader (1977) 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
• Rundle, David, ed. The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. (1999). 434 pp. online edition
• 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

• Bouwsma, William J. The Waning of the Renaissance: 1550-1640. (2001). 288 pp.
• Bouwsma, William J. The Waning of the Renaissance: 1550-1640. (2001). 288 pp.
• 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
• Burke, Peter. The European Renaissance: Centres and Peripheries. (1998). 284 pp.
• Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1. The Renaissance (1903), older atticles by scholars complete text online
• Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2003). 4000 entries in 862 pp.; online at OUP
• Connell, William J. Society and Individual in Renaissance Florence (20020 online edition
• Cook, James Wyatt. Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature. (2005). 598 pp.
• Copenhaver, Brian P., and Charles B. Schmitt. Renaissance Philosophy (1992), 453pp online edition
• Crum, Roger J. and Paoletti, John T., eds. Renaissance Florence: A Social History. (2006). 674 pp.
• Fletcher, Stella. The Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe, 1390-1530. (2000). 347 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. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. (6 vol. 1999). 3000 pp.
  • Grendler, Paul F., ed. The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students. (2003). 970 pp.
• Hale, John. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. (1994). 648 pp. excerpt and text search
• 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.
• Hattaway, Michael, ed. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. (2000). 747 pp. * Holt, Mack P., ed. Renaissance and Reformation France, 1500-1648. (2002). 263 pp.
• Hay, Denys. The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background (1961) online edition
• Johnson, Paul. The Renaissance: A Short History. (2000). 197 pp. excerpt and text search
• Kelley, Donald R. Renaissance Humanism. (1991). 176 pp.
• King, Margaret L. Women of the Renaissance (1991) excerpt and text search
• Kinney, Arthur F., ed. A Companion to Renaissance Drama. (2002). 623 pp.
• Kittell, Ellen E. and Madden, Thomas F., eds. Medieval and Renaissance Venice. (1999). 345 pp.
• Kraye, Jill, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism. (1996). 320 pp.
• Kristeller, Paul Oskar, and Michael Mooney. Renaissance Thought and its Sources (1979) excerpt and text search
• Levi, Anthony. Renaissance and Reformation: The Intellectual Genesis. (2002). 483 pp.
• 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.
• Panofsky, Erwin. Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art (1969) online edition
• Patrick, James A., ed. Renaissance and Reformation (5 vol 2007), 1584 pages; encyclopedia
• Perkins, Leeman L. Music in the Age of the Renaissance. (1998). 750 pp.
• 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. excerpt and text search
• Rabb, Theodore K. Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age. (1993). 257 pp. 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.
• Rundle, David, ed. The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. (1999). 434 pp. online edition
• Skinner, Quentin. Visions of Politics. Vol. 2: Renaissance Virtues. (2002). 461 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, Jane, ed. Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art. (2 v. 2000), 1881 pp. excerpts from Grove's Dictionaries.
• Turner, Richard N. Renaissance Florence (2005) excerpt and text search
• Wightman, W. P. D. Science and the Renaissance - Vol. 1 (1962) online edition

Historiography

• Dannenfeldt, Karl H., ed. The Renaissance: Medieval or Modern? (1959), excerpts from scholars online edition
• Hudson, Lorna, ed. Feminism and Renaissance Studies. (1999). 467 pp.
• Martin, John Jeffries, ed. The Renaissance: Italy and Abroad, Rewriting Histories. (2002) 328 pp.
• 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
• Elmer, Peter et al., eds. The Renaissance in Europe: An Anthology. (2000). 412 pp.
• Findlen, Paula, ed. The Italian Renaissance: The Essential Readings. (2002). 354 pp.
• Ross, James Bruce, and Mary M. McLaughlin, eds. The Portable Renaissance Reader (1977) excerpt and text search
• Whitlock, Keith, ed. The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader. (2000). 363 pp.