Ch. 1: Society and family
Society and custom in urban Italy / Jacob Burckhardt
Establishing oneself in Renaissance society / Mark Phillips
Agriculture and country life / Peter Laven
Ch. 2: Health and education
Attitudes toward health and cleanliness / Douglas Biow
The plague in Italy / Marchione di Coppo Stefani
The role of education in the Italian Renaissance / Paul F. Grendler
A country school in Tuscany / Arie S. Zmora
Interplay of art and culture / George Holmes
The development of a Renaissance artist / Giorgio Vasari
Uses of art in Renaissance Italy / Peter Burke
Entertainment and music / Jean Lucas-Dubreton
Ch. 4: Religion and honor
Moral codes of the Renaissance / Elizabeth S. Cohen and Thomas V. Cohen
A father encourages his son to live honorably / Lorenzo de Medici
The role of the church in daily life / Gene Brucker.
