Renaissance category: 1000 books

Over the course of several centuries, Venice fashioned and refined a portrait of itself that responded to and exploited historical circumstance. Never conquered and taking its enduring independence as a sign of divine favor, free of civil strife and proud of its internal stability, Venice broadcast...

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Erasmo de Róterdam, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:• Entender el contexto en el que se enmarca la vida de Erasmo de Róterdam, entre los siglos XIV y XV en...

“An entertaining yet highly accurate guide to this larger-than-life royal dynasty” (Claire Ridgway, author of The Fall of Anne Boleyn). From the bloody Wars of the Roses to Queen Elizabeth I’s iconic rule, the Tudor Dynasty was a fascinating period of English history—and monarchs such...

It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo,...

In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare...

'The Story of Florence” presents the fascinating history of the beautiful Italian city, exploring it's architecture, people, traditions, notable events, and more. Highly recommended for those with an interest in Florence and Italian history in general. Contents include: “The People and Commune...

This volume presents a detailed account of the history of Verona, the northern Italian city. It explores of the city's architecture, people, traditions, notable events, etc., through its history, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in Verona or Italian history in general. Contents...

Lives of the Early Medici is a collection of letters written by the Medici family, translated into English.

Scandalous Liaisons tells the story of the most hedonistic, loose-living court in English history, from Charles II’s youthful years and mistresses in France, to his tempestuous relationship with the hot-tempered, sexually and financially voracious Barbara Villiers. Of Charles’s mistresses, everybody’s...

Written during the Second World War, Zweig's typically passionate and readable biography of Michel de Montaigne, is also a heartfelt argument for the importance of intellectual freedom, tolerance and humanism. Zweig draws strong parallels between Montaigne's age, when Europe was torn in two by conflict...

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century. This book follows Bruno’s life and the development of his thought in the order in which he declared it. Giordano Bruno was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and...

Connaissez-vous la mère d'Henri IV? Sa sœur, ses épouses? Ses conquêtes, des plus ordinaires aux plus ébouriffantes? On croit les connaître, mais on en sait si peu de choses! Ce livre en dévoile l'essentiel, à travers huit portraits de femmes toutes plus importantes les unes que les autres,...

Garry Wills's Venice: Lion City is a tour de force -- a rich, colorful, and provocative history of the world's most fascinating city in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when it was at the peak of its glory. This was not the city of decadence, carnival, and nostalgia familiar to us from later...

“ Sganarelle disait qu’il y a fagot et fagot ; on ne doit pas en conclure qu’il y ait Salon et Salon. Les Salons se suivent et se ressemblent avec une affligeante monotonie : qui en a vu un en a vu dix. Sans s’embarrasser de chercher une voie nouvelle ou d’accuser leur manière avec un plus...