The Portable Renaissance Reader

IntroductionSuggestions for Further Reading (Revised, 1967)Biographical List of AuthorsChronological TablePart One: An Age of GoldThis Our AgeWar and the Golden AgeJean de MontreuilThe Turkish Menace Cardinal BessarionA Bleak ProspectPope Pius IIThe Golden Age in Florence Marsilio FicinoAn Age of GoldErasmus of RotterdamThe Restoration of the Gospel Jacques Lefèvre d'ÉtaplesThe Necessary EvilsRichard EdenThe Golden Age Toquato TassoThe Excellence of This Age Loys Le RoyThe Evils of the Times Justus LipsiusDon Quixote and the Golden Age Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Return of the MusesThe Man of Letters Francesco PetrarcaThe Return of the Muses Giovanni BocaccioPetrarca and the Art of Poetry Leonardo BruniThe Glory of the Latin Language Lorenzo VallaGermany Invokes the Muses Joachim von WattThe Arts Reborn Giorgio VasariThe New-Found WorldThe Golden World Pietro Martire d'AnghieraJoyful News from the New-Found World Nicolas MonardesAvarice Luis de LeónThe Old World and the New Michel de MontaigneTobacco, Tobacco AnonymousPart Two: The City of ManThe Pursuit of ProfitThe Prosperity of Florence Benedetto DeiVenice, Mistress of the Seas Arnold von HarffThe Hapsburgs and the Fuggers Maximilian I and Jakob FuggerJack of Newberie, an English Clothier Thomas DeloneyAntwerp, the Great Market Ludovico GuicciardiniThe Dearness of Things Jean BodinThe Manner of the WorldLife in Vienna Pope Pius IIThe Plight of the French Poor Cahier of the Estates GeneralLife among the English Venetian RelazioneThe Manner of the World Nowadayes John Skelton (?)A Painter's Travels Albrecht DürerThe Peasants' War in Tyrol George Kirchmair and Michael GeismayrA House in Venice Pietro AretinoObservations on the Turks Ogier Ghiselin de BusbecqThe Judgment of a Witch Fugger NewsletterThe Edifice of PowerThe Circle of Governments Niccoló MachiavelliA Portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici Francesco GuicciardiniThe Balance of Power in Italy Francesco GuicciardiniHenry VII, A New Monarch Francis BaconCharles V and Philip His Son Marino CavalliThe Strength and Weakness of France Michele SurianoThe Search for ProtectionOn Virtù and Fortune Leon Battista AlbertiThe Perfect Country House Leon Battista AlbertiThe Perfect Gentleman Giovanni della CasaThe Relief of the Poor Juan Luis VivesThe Reform of the Commonwealth Thomas StarkeyWar and the Law of Nations Francisco de VitoriaThe Concord of the World Guillaume PostelPart Three: The Study of ManLearning of the Best SortThe Ruins of Rome Poggio BraccioliniThe Restoration of RomeBartolommeo PlatinaThe Soul of ManMarsilio FicinoThe Immortality of the SoulPietro PomponnaziThe Life of a Scholar-PrinterAldus Manutius On the New TestamentErasmus of RotterdamPythagoras RebornJohann ReuchlinGargantua's Advice to PantagruelFrançois RabelaisThe Orphic LyreIn Praise of Poetry Giovanni BoccaccioMusic and the Courtier Baldassare CastiglioneA Complaint by Night of the Lover Not BelovedFrancesco PetrarcaOn the Death of the Lady LauraFrancesco PetrarcaA BallataAngelo PolizianoA Carnival SongLorenzo de' MediciAstolpho's Journey to the MoonLudovico Ariosto Love's JustificationMichelangelo BuonarrotiTo Vittoria Colonna: The Model and the StatueMichelangelo BuonarrotiMass of Love: A Spanish BalladAnonymousA SonnetLuis Vaz de CamõNight of StarsLuis de LeónTo the MoonPierre de RonsardOf His Lady's Old AgePierre de RonsardHappy Who Like UlyssesJoachim du BellayA Sonnet to Heavenly BeautyJoachim du BellayPoor Loving SoulLouise LabéMy Lute AwakeSir Thomas WyattThou Blind Man's MarkSir Philip SidneyWeep You No More, Sad FountainsAnonymousThe Theater of LifeOrfeoAngelo PolizianoA Theatrical PerformanceBaldassare CastiglioneLazarillo de TormesAnonymousThe Dignity of ManThe Dignity of ManGiovanni Pico della MirandolaSelf-Portrait of a Universal ManLeon Battista AlbertiSt. Thomas MoreNicholas HarpsfieldMichelangelo BuonarrotiAscanio CondiviOn Himself and His LifeGirolamo CardanoPart Four: The Book of NatureThe Arts and NatureThe Art of BuildingLeon Battista AlbertiNature, Art, and ScienceLeonardo da VinciThe Casting of the "Perseus"Benvenuto CelliniOn Landscape PaintingKarel van ManderThe Art of ParacelsusParacelsusA Surgeon in the FieldAmbroise ParéAnatomy and the Art of MedicineAndreas VesaliusThe Health of the MindGirolamo FracastoroOn Nature and ExperienceBernard PalissyRevolutions of the SpheresThe Diurnal Rotation of the EarthNicole OresmeThe Nature of the UniverseNicholas of CusaThe Revolutions of the Celestial SpheresNicholas CopernicusThe New StarTycho BraheComrades in the Pursuit of TruthGalileo Galilei and Johannes KeplerThe Starry HeraldGalileo GalileiPart Five: The Kingdom of GodThe Congregation of the FaithfulThe Trial of Jerome of PraguePoggio BraccioliniThe Unity of the ChurchNicholas of CusaThe Election of a PopePope Pius IIA Preacher of ReformGirolamo SavonarolaSavonarola, A PortraitFrancesco GuicciardiniThe Lutheran RevoltAlfonso de ValdésAn Anabaptist View of the ChurchPeter RidemanAn Appeal to the Council of TrentReginald PoleThe True Kirk and Its SignsJohn KnoxFreedom of the WillOn Free WillErasmus of RotterdamThe Bondage of the WillMartin LutherFree Will and PredestinationJohn CalvinTrue Christian PietyThe Brethren of the Common LifeThomas a KempisMembers of One BodyErasmus of RotterdamThe Faith of a ChristianMartin LutherThe Self-Knowledge of a ChristianJuan de ValdésThe Fervent SpiritsPietro Paolo VergerioThe Livery of ChristHugh LatimerGood Christian DisciplineJohn CalvinThe Lord's LabourSt. Teresa of AvilaThe Obscure Night of the SoulSt. John of the CrossAcknowledgments