The Story Of The Renaissance (Five-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Author: Vincent Cronin; Boies Penrose; J. R. Hale; G. R. Elton; Reginald Piggot; Andrew Pettegree; Michael Mallett
Binding: Hardback
Published: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2001
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The Florentine Renaissance, The Flowering of the Renaissance, The Renaissance in Europe, Europe from Renaissance to Reformation, Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance). This five‑volume Folio Society set presents a sweeping account of the Renaissance, charting its intellectual, artistic, political, and religious transformations across Europe. The authors chronicle the rise of humanism, the flowering of art and architecture, the reshaping of governance, and the profound shifts in faith and scholarship that defined the era. Each volume illustrates the achievements of figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus, and Machiavelli while detailing the broader cultural currents that gave their work meaning. The set argues for the Renaissance as a turning point in Western civilization, instructing readers through richly contextualized narratives supported by careful scholarship.
Author: Vincent Cronin; Boies Penrose; J. R. Hale; G. R. Elton; Reginald Piggot; Andrew Pettegree; Michael Mallett
Binding: Hardback
Published: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2001
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The Florentine Renaissance, The Flowering of the Renaissance, The Renaissance in Europe, Europe from Renaissance to Reformation, Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance). This five‑volume Folio Society set presents a sweeping account of the Renaissance, charting its intellectual, artistic, political, and religious transformations across Europe. The authors chronicle the rise of humanism, the flowering of art and architecture, the reshaping of governance, and the profound shifts in faith and scholarship that defined the era. Each volume illustrates the achievements of figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus, and Machiavelli while detailing the broader cultural currents that gave their work meaning. The set argues for the Renaissance as a turning point in Western civilization, instructing readers through richly contextualized narratives supported by careful scholarship.