"The Renaissance" (1300—1500) provides an overview of the years from the Late Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Special emphasis is given to the natural and political disasters that ravaged 14th-century Europe, as well as the unprecedented intellectual, cultural, and artistic flourishing of the 15th and 16th centuries. The Black Death, The Hundred Years' War, the invention of the printing press, the birth of humanism, and the life of Leonardo da Vinci are among the dramatic events vividly documented in this richly illustrated text. Challenging map exercises and provocative review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Tests and answer keys are included.

Contents: The Later Middle Ages; The Black Death, Part I; The Black Death, Part II; Map of the Black Death; Impact of the Black Death; New Trials for the Church; The Hundred Years' War; The Hundred Years' War Continues; Challenges to England's Kings; France in the Later Middle Ages; Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spain; 15th-Century Eastern Europe; Map of 15th-Century Europe; Test I (Worsksheets 1-13); The Early Renaissance; The Italian City-States; Life in Renaissance Florence; The Birth of Humanism; The Prince and The Courtier; The World of Leonardo Da Vinci; Italian Renaissance Art, Part I; Renaissance Map of Italy; Italian Renaissance Art, Part II; The Northern Renaissance; Home Life During the Renaissance; The Printing Press; Europe Discovers the World; Test II (Worksheets 15-27); Answer Key