The Humanistic Tradition features a flexible, topical approach that helps students understand humankind's creative legacy as a continuum rather than as a series of isolated events. This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary survey offers a global perspective, countless illustrations, and more than 150 literary sources.

Available in multiple formats, The Humanistic Tradition explores the political, economic, and social contexts of human culture, providing a global and multicultural perspective which helps students better understand the relationship between the West and other world cultures.

Book 3: The European Renaissance, The Reformation, and Global Encounter

15 Adversity and Challenge: The Fourteenth-Century Transition

Looking Ahead

Europe in Transition

Literature in Transition

Art and Music in Transition

Looking Back

16 Classical Humanism in the Age of the Renaissance

Looking Ahead

Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance

Classical Humanism

Renaissance Women

Machiavelli

Looking Back

17 Renaissance Artists: Disciples of Nature, Masters of Invention

Looking Ahead

Renaissance Art and Patronage

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance

The Music of the Renaissance

Looking Back

18 Cross-Cultural Encounters: Asia, Africa, and the Americas

Looking Ahead

Global Travel and Trade

The African Cultural Heritage

The Arts of Africa

Cross-Cultural Encounter

The Americas

Early Empires in the Americas

Cross-Cultural Encounter

Looking Back

19 Protest and Reform: The Waning of the Old Order

Looking Ahead

The Temper of Reform

The Protestant Reformation

Northern Renaissance Art

Sixteenth-Century Literature

Shakespeare

Looking Back

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