Renaissance

c. 1300–1674

Petrarch to Milton. The rediscovery of antiquity, the invention of print, and an explosion of vernacular literature across Europe.

28 works9 authors10 genres

comedydramatic novelepic poemessayhistory playpolitical treatiseromancesatiresatirical noveltragedy

Le Morte d'Arthur

Thomas Malory·1485

romancemoderate

7.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity

35h

Celestina

Fernando de Rojas·1499

dramatic novelmoderate

5.5/10 influence4.0/10 popularity

Praise of Folly

Erasmus·1508

satiremoderate

6.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli·1532

political treatiseaccessible

8.0/10 influence8.5/10 popularity

Gargantua and Pantagruel

François Rabelais·1532

satirical novelchallenging

6.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity

30h

The Lusiads

Luís de Camões·1572

epic poemmoderate

5.0/10 influence4.5/10 popularity

The Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne·1580

essaymoderate

8.5/10 influence6.5/10 popularity

40h

Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe·1588

tragedymoderate

7.0/10 influence6.5/10 popularity

2.5h

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare·1590

tragedyaccessible

8.0/10 influence9.5/10 popularity

King Henry VI, Part 2

William Shakespeare·1591

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

King Henry VI, Part 3

William Shakespeare·1592

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

Henry VI, Part 1

William Shakespeare·1592

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

Richard III

William Shakespeare·1593

history playmoderate

6.5/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

3.5h

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare·1593

comedyaccessible

5.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity

2.5h

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare·1594

comedyaccessible

4.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare·1594

comedyaccessible

4.0/10 influence3.0/10 popularity

Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare·1594

tragedymoderate

4.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity

Richard II

William Shakespeare·1595

history playmoderate

5.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare·1595

comedyaccessible

6.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity

2.5h

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare·1596

comedyaccessible

6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

2.5h

King Henry IV, Part 1

William Shakespeare·1597

history playmoderate

6.5/10 influence7.5/10 popularity

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare·1597

comedyaccessible

4.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity

2.5h

Henry IV, Part Two

William Shakespeare·1598

history playmoderate

5.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity

Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare·1598

comedymoderate

4.5/10 influence4.0/10 popularity

2.5h

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare·1598

comedyaccessible

5.5/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

2.5h

As You Like It

William Shakespeare·1599

comedyaccessible

5.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity

2.5h

Henry V

William Shakespeare·1599

history playmoderate

6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare·1599

tragedyaccessible

6.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity