The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall:
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. ...delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. This timeless saga is one of Quill's strongest-selling paperbacks.
The Renaissance in the Fields:
The Renaissance in the Fields: Family Memoirs of a Fifteenth-Century Tuscan Peasant
...an unparalleled glimpse into the economic and social world of late medieval peasants.
The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years before Marco Polo:
In 1270 a scholarly Jewish merchant called Jacob d'Ancona set out on a voyage from Italy. A year later, he arrived in China, ), four years before Marco Polo arrived at Xanadu in 1275. Nothing was known of this epochal journey until 1990, when David Selbourne was shown d'Ancona's account of his travels, a remarkable manuscript that had been hidden from public view for more than seven centuries...praised as providing an unparalleled insight into life in the medieval world. Most notably, other academics--particularly and significantly, in China--have come to the support of d'Ancona's account.
The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years before Marco Polo
Focusing on ecological aspects, this study reveals how Europeans were able to conquer the people of temperate lands through the successful environmental adaptation of the plants, animals and germs that they brought with them.
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Outrageous Women of the Renaissance
Bloody Mary
A rich biography of "Bloody Mary" that exposes other themes in Mary Tudor's reign. Bearing extraordinary burdens, Mary ruled with full measure of the Tudor majesty and met the challenges of severe economic crises, rebellion, and religious upheaval capably and with courage.
Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance:
... deserves unstinted praise as an exuberant study of the mercantile spirit in that era. The new age of learning and exploration was also, she reminds us, an age driven by the urge to own, to publicly succeed, and the author views the typical "Renaissance man" as being motivated by conspicuous consumption as much as by humanist principles. . Real history is in the details, the small stories, of which "Worldly Goods" is a treasure house." Paperback, 480pp
Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance
Was Richard the villainous murderer of his nephews, Edward, Prince of Wales, and Richard, Duke of York? Fields outlines and evaluates the arguments on both sides, weighs the evidence, and offers the definitive truth about this extraordinary man. A thorough investigation of an age-old question, and though the historical record is not complete, Fields's persuasive interpretations and arguments may change some opinions about Richard and his nephews' fate. Paperback, 352pp
Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes
A World Lit Only by Fire:
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind & the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age
Manchester's marvelously vivid popular history humanizes the tumultuous span from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance. This book is a great read for the layman who is interested in a fun, and understandable look at the age that launched the world we have today. Highly recommended!
Women in the Streets
Women in the Streets and Other Essays on the Italian Renaissance: Essays on Sex and Power in Renaissance Italy
Richard III: England's Black Legend:
Richard III: England's Black Legend
The author is completely convinced of Richard's guilt (the Black Legend) and considers him 'the most terrifying man ever to occupy the English throne, not excepting his greatnephew Henry VIII.'. . . Seward's book is well researched and written.
..."examines how the assimilation of newly discovered Greek medical and anatomical texts changed university taught medicine; the varieties of medical practice and practitioners (only a minority of physicians were university trained); and amaturing surgical profession that saw itself as distinct from and hostile to academic medicine."...notes are excellent and her suggested readings are drawn from the best sources in the field. ...an absorbing history.
Medieval & Early Renaissance Medicine: An Introduction to Knowledge and Practice
Travel through time from the comfort of your living room. Join us as we explore the age known as the Renaissance, or re-birth, which began around 1400-1450 AD. Ancient Greek and Roman art were rediscovered, and artists, sculptors and scientists were inspired by a humanistic outlook that, combined with Christianity, produced masterpieces such as the Pieta, Sistine Chapel, the dome on St. Peter's Church in Rome, Leonardo's inventions and anatomy drawings and the discovery of the Americas. Maritime competition and trade led to the exchange of new ideas and knowledge.
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