books.google.nl - Professor Hay provides a clear picture of what the Renaissance was, what it meant and how it spread. He shows the Renaissance as a growing and changing series of attitudes and ideas, rooted firmly in the general history of the period, and not as a static and isolated phenomenon. Most current ideas of...http://books.google.nl/books/about/The_Italian_Renaissance_in_Its_Historica.html?hl=nl&id=CynPsa8ClAYC&q=curia&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background
