Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age

by Ada Palmer

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An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe's golden age.

From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we're told) heralds the dawning of a new world--a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash or so says award-winning novelist and historian Ada Palmer. In Inventing the Renaissance, Palmer turns her witty and irreverent eye on the fantasies we've told ourselves...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226837971

ISBN13:9780226837970

Release Date:March 2025

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:768 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

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