The Story Of The Renaissance
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few epochs in human history have burned as brilliantly as the Renaissance, and The Story of the Renaissance — a magnificent five-volume boxed set from The Folio Society — captures its full, dazzling sweep with scholarly authority and visual splendour. The collection comprises four individually titled volumes — The Florentine Renaissance, The Flowering of the Renaissance, The Renaissance in Europe, Europe from Renaissance to Reformation, and Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance — together chronicling the intellectual, artistic, and political forces that transformed a continent and forever altered the course of Western civilisation. Each volume presents a richly detailed portrait of an era defined by radical inquiry, humanist philosophy, and an unprecedented explosion of artistic genius, from the workshops of Florence and Venice to the courts of Northern Europe. The Folio Society's hallmark production values — premium bindings, gilded spines, and fine typography — make this set as much a collector's treasure as an indispensable historical resource. Whether you are drawn to the towering figures of Michelangelo and Leonardo, the reformist thunder of the Reformation, or the bold voyages of discovery that redrew the world's map, this compendium rewards the curious reader at every turn — leaving one to wonder how a single century could hold so much change.
Author: Vincent Cronin; J.R. Hale; G.R. Elton; Boies Penrose
Format: Hardback
Published: 2001, The Folio Society
Genre: European history
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few epochs in human history have burned as brilliantly as the Renaissance, and The Story of the Renaissance — a magnificent five-volume boxed set from The Folio Society — captures its full, dazzling sweep with scholarly authority and visual splendour. The collection comprises four individually titled volumes — The Florentine Renaissance, The Flowering of the Renaissance, The Renaissance in Europe, Europe from Renaissance to Reformation, and Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance — together chronicling the intellectual, artistic, and political forces that transformed a continent and forever altered the course of Western civilisation. Each volume presents a richly detailed portrait of an era defined by radical inquiry, humanist philosophy, and an unprecedented explosion of artistic genius, from the workshops of Florence and Venice to the courts of Northern Europe. The Folio Society's hallmark production values — premium bindings, gilded spines, and fine typography — make this set as much a collector's treasure as an indispensable historical resource. Whether you are drawn to the towering figures of Michelangelo and Leonardo, the reformist thunder of the Reformation, or the bold voyages of discovery that redrew the world's map, this compendium rewards the curious reader at every turn — leaving one to wonder how a single century could hold so much change.