This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference.

• Provides new perspectives on established texts.
  
• Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions.
  
• Pioneered by leading scholars.
  
• Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies.
  
• Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.