The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by developments in various other spheres of early modern life and culture. This book explores the foremost of thesereligious changes initiated by the Protestant Reformationas well as the place of Renaissance science or natural philosophy and the influential and provocative work of sixteenth-century writer Michel de Montaigne.This volume is the third in a series of three texts and two source books designed for the Open University course The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry.