Arc received through NetGalley.

This made me realize how little I know about the Renaissance. I know the very basics but not much else. And it did influence my enjoyment of this book, I found myself confussed quit often because I wasn't all that familiar with some of the terms, events and people. I think that when you already have an interest in the Renaissance this will work better for you then it did for me. I had also hoped it would delve deeper into how the idea of a 'Golden Age' like the Renaissance was used throughout history, but it didn't really discuss that in detail.