The Last Days of the Renaissance: & the March to Modernity

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The Renaissance may have emerged out of the upheavals of the fourteenth century-but when did it end And why The renowned historian Theodore Rabb tackles these questions in this engaging and deeply learned book, and in so doing recasts our understanding of European history.

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"The broad brush strokes here are balanced with a wealth of curious details... Given the rhetoric of changing epochs and the end of history that are so prevalent, his volume is as timely as it is informative." Scotland on Sunday"

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Theodore K. Rabb is a professor of Renaissance and early modern history at Princeton University. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Renaissance Lives.