title: The Renaissance (The Story of Civilization, Part V)
author:  Will Durant 
description: This is the fifth book in the series on Histroy of Civilization by Will Durant. Covers the period fromPetrarch and Baccaccio through the decline of Italy, and last years of Michael Angelo. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilded lettering and artwork.
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  BY WILL DURANT  
   _The Story of Philosophy_  
   _Transition_  
   _The Pleasure of Philosophy_  
   _Adventures in Genius_
  
  BY WILL AND ARIEL DURANT
  
  THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
  
  1\. _Our Oriental Heritage_  
  2\. _The Life of Greece_  
  3\. _Caesar and Christ_  
  4\. _The Age of Faith_  
  5\. _The Renaissance_  
  6\. _The Reformation_  
  7\. _The Age of Reason Begins_  
  8\. _The Age of Louis XIV_  
  9\. _The Age of Voltaire_  
  10\. _Rousseau and Revolution_  
  11\. _The Age of Napoleon_
  
   _The Lessons of History_  
   _Interpretation of Life_  
   _A Dual Autobiography_
  
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  COPYRIGHT © 1975 BY WILL AND ARIEL DURANT  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED  
  INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF REPRODUCTION  
  IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM  
  PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER  
  A DIVISION OF GULF & WESTERN CORPORATION  
  SIMON & SCHUSTER BUILDING  
  ROCKEFELLER CENTER  
  1230 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS  
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