"This lively collection of stories, songs, biographies and histories provides a fresh look at the Renaissance by focusing not on the great art and literature of the period, but instead on the way diverse Romans experienced it."
— Amanda Pipkin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte "Bell's introduction provides a witty and concise overview of the period and topic that will prepare student readers to understand and analyze a collection of sources that will take them into an exciting world of Renaissance Rome from the 'perspective of the street' and through the eyes of visitors." — Nichola Harris, State University of New York, Ulter
"This sophisticated collection gives an appropriate overview of the Roman Renaissance, an area of Italian history that is often neglected and deserves to be better known."
— Pietro Frassica, Princeton University
"This lively and accessible book is focused enough to elicit discussions among relatively inexperienced readers, yet the issues it raises — religion, class and status, political and economic exploitation — are certainly broad."
— Duane J. Osheim, University of Virginia