Martines, Lauro

Explores the history of the Italian Renaissance in two stages, the first, from the eleventh century to about 1300, concerned with the physical building of cities and the rise of a new economy, society, states, and values, and the second, from the late 1200s to the late 1600s, seeing the rise of literature, art, and ideas.

Lauro Martines presents a new analysis of the life of fifteenth-century Italian preacher Savonarola and his impact on the Renaissance.