The Renaissance by Will Durant
A panoramic account of the cultural, intellectual and political rebirth that transformed Europe between the late medieval period and the early modern age, tracing how humanism, artistic innovation, scientific inquiry and expanding commerce undermined feudal structures and reshaped society. The narrative interweaves portraits of leading figures, analyses of patronage and civic life, and discussions of technological and religious shifts — from the rise of powerful city-states and courts to the spread of printing and the stirrings of reform — to show how new attitudes toward individuality, reason and the material world remade Western civilization.
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- 1953
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- American
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- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - The Story of Civilization, Vol. V
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