Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations 
Subtitle: From the Renaissance to the Present
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College
Published: September 1, 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780070569508
First sentence: Although in many ways a period of decline and disintegration, the Late Middle Ages also witnessed an extraordinary outburst of cultural and intellectual creativity known as the Renaissance.