Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age

Davis, Robert C.; Lindsmith, Beth

ISBN 10: 0500251770 / ISBN 13: 9780500251775

Edité par Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2011

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age
• Éditeur: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0500251770
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780500251775
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

Like every era, the Renaissance brims with stories. In this book, Robert Davis and Beth Lindsmith highlight dozens of notable lives from between 1400 and 1600. They bring to life wily politicians, eccentric scientists, fiery rebels and stolid reactionaries, as well as a pornographer, an acrobat, an actress, a poetic prostitute, a star comedian and a least one very fretful mother. Some names are famous - Leonardo, Luther, Medici and Machiavelli all feature - but many others will be new to general readers. Their stories - 94 in all - remind us that history is more than dates and abstract concepts: it also arises from the lives of countless individual men and women.

À propos des auteurs

Robert C. Davis is professor of Renaissance history at Ohio State University. He is the author of Christian Slaves Muslim Masters and numerous books on Venice.

For ten years, Beth Lindsmith edited and contributed to magazines at the Ohio State University, where she has also taught classes in composition and creative writing.