<p>An engrossing volume on the Italian Renaissance by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant</p><p>The fifth volume of Durant’s acclaimed <i>Story of Civilization</i><i> The Renaissance</i> chronicles the history of Italy from 1304 to 1576. In this masterful work listeners will encounter</p><ul> <li> the poets Petrarch and Boccaccio the fathers of the Renaissance;</li><li> the paintings sculptures and architecture of Milan Florence and Venice;</li><li> the life and accomplishments of Leonardo Da Vinci;</li><li> the Catholic church and the popes of Avignon and Rome;</li><li> the politicians and philosophers of Italy including the Borgia family Julius II and Machiavelli;</li><li> the Italian Wars the conflicts with France and the country’s decline.</li></ul>