Excerpt from A Syllabus of European History From the German Invasions to the French Revolution: Part I. 375-1492; Part II. 1492-1789 Symonds, J. A A Short History of the Renaissance in Italy (an -abridgment of his larger work). New York, 1894. holt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.