Renaissance Humanism: An Anthology of Sources

By far the best collection of sources to introduce readers to Renaissance humanism in all its many guises. What distinguishes this stimulating and useful anthology is the vision behind it: King shows that Renaissance thinkers had a lot to say, not only about the ancient worldone of their habitual passionsbut also about the self, how civic experience was configured, the arts, the roles and contributions of women, the new science, the new world, and so much more. Christopher S. Celenza, Johns Hopkins University