John M. Najemy is Professor of History at Cornell University.

• Introduction ; 1. Education and the Emergence of a Literate Society ; 2. Humanism and the Lure of Antiquity ; 3. Religion and the Church ; 4. Family and Marriage: a Socio-Legal Perspective ; 5. Bodies, Disease, and Society ; 6. The Economy: Work and Wealth ; 7. The Popolo ; 8. The Power of the Elites: Family, Patronage, and the State ; 9. Governments and Governance ; 10. The South ; 11. Representations of Power ; 12. Rethinking the Renaissance in the Aftermath of Italy's Crisis ; Further Reading ; Chronology

John M. Najemy is Professor of History at Cornell University.

• Introduction ; 1. Education and the Emergence of a Literate Society ; 2. Humanism and the Lure of Antiquity ; 3. Religion and the Church ; 4. Family and Marriage: a Socio-Legal Perspective ; 5. Bodies, Disease, and Society ; 6. The Economy: Work and Wealth ; 7. The Popolo ; 8. The Power of the Elites: Family, Patronage, and the State ; 9. Governments and Governance ; 10. The South ; 11. Representations of Power ; 12. Rethinking the Renaissance in the Aftermath of Italy's Crisis ; Further Reading ; Chronology

John M. Najemy is Professor of History at Cornell University.

• Introduction ; 1. Education and the Emergence of a Literate Society ; 2. Humanism and the Lure of Antiquity ; 3. Religion and the Church ; 4. Family and Marriage: a Socio-Legal Perspective ; 5. Bodies, Disease, and Society ; 6. The Economy: Work and Wealth ; 7. The Popolo ; 8. The Power of the Elites: Family, Patronage, and the State ; 9. Governments and Governance ; 10. The South ; 11. Representations of Power ; 12. Rethinking the Renaissance in the Aftermath of Italy's Crisis ; Further Reading ; Chronology