A clear, lively, and deeply informed survey of life in Renaissance Italy for students and general readers, this book presents a thoughtful cultural and social anthropology of practices, values, and negotiations.

• Brings the Italian Renaissance to contemporary readers.

• Demonstrates in-depth research in content that includes archival sources

• Includes images to visually support the chapters and bring the text to life

• Presents reader-friendly prose that is both clear and highly polished