Based on the Dartmouth Medal-winning Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (2000), this set has been prepared especially for non-specialists, focusing on the Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art, literature, economics and science curriculum. Organised alphabetically, this illustrated, full colour set includes entries on a range of topics, including:

Florence
Galileo
Heraldry
Humanism
Medici family
Opera
Piracy
Rhetoric
Shakespeare
Spanish Armada
Leonardo da Vinci
and many others.

Features include a master chronology with topical timelines; a bibliography with age-appropriate further reading sources and a comprehensive index.