The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

<p>Published in 1860, Burckhardt's great work redefined our sense of the European past, wholly reinterpreting what has since been known simply as the Italian Renaissance. With unsurpassed erudition, Burckhardt illuminates a world of artistic and cultural ferment, innovation, and discovery; of revived humanism; of fierce tensions between church and empire; and of the birth of both the modern state and the modern individual.&nbsp;<em>The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy</em> remains the single most important and influential account of this crucial moment in the history of the West.</p>