Download or read book The Penguin Book of the Renaissance written by John Harold Plumb and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of the Renaissance - The prince and the state - Machiavelli - The arts - The young Michelangelo - Florence : cradle of humanism - Guilds - ; Lorenzo de' Meduci Milan : city of strife - Leonardo da Vinci - Rome : splendour and the papacy - Pope Pius II; Venice : the golden years - Doge Francesco Foscari - The images of man - Federigo da Montefeltro - The spread of the Renaissancenc_____________