About the book: 1979 / The book tells about the formation of the Italian Renaissance - a wonderful era in the history of European civilization. The main attention is paid to the analysis of individual stages in development, the early Renaissance (XIV century - first half of the XV century), characteristics of the work of Dante, Petrarch, as well as the views of figures of the next century, primarily Alberti.M. L. Abramson - Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, author of many works on the socio-economic and cultural history of Italy in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.