The Renaissance Volume I:The Age of Discovery

Edward Payne & T.F. Tout capture the brilliance of the period, the absolute sheer unmitigated newness (as well as the tragedy) of the Age of Discovery, when Europe suffered the flowering of the Renaissance and then unleashed itself upon the greater world. From the slave trade to the conquering of peaceful tribes to the opening of once-unimagined markets for European tastes to the intrigue of plots and counter-plots in European courts, the simultaneously wonderful and furious impact of Europe's explorers on the world begins in this first volume of one of the greatest ages of the human species: The Renaissance.

Illustrated to enhance the reading experience.

Contents include:

THE AGE OF DISCOVERY.
THE NEW WORLD.
THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST.
ITALY AND HER INVADERS.
FLORENCE (I): SAVONAROLA.
FLORENCE (II): MACHIAVELLI.
ROME AND THE TEMPORAL POWER.
VENICE.
GERMANY AND THE EMPIRE.
HUNGARY AND THE SLAVONIC KINGDOMS.