Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age
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With Renaissance Lives, Theodore K. Rabb revives a tradition of writing that was often practiced by the historians of that astounding era: to tell the story of an age by examining the lives of those... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0679407812
ISBN13:9780679407812
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Pantheon Books
Length:262 Pages
Weight:2.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.3" x 10.3"
Customer Reviews
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get to know the Renaissance & the people
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Rabb picked a great selection of people to write about in this book and presents them all in such a way -- erudite, smart -- that changes in European society are detailed very well. This great book gives in-depth information about these people who characterize aspects of the changing Renaissance society & gives a very workable outline of major changes that happened among the people throughout the Renaissance centuries, from Petrarch who lived through the 1256 Plague to 17th Century poet & academic John Milton. He uses letters from the people & incidents from their lives that tell more not only about who they were as people but also describe changes in the society that he uses these people as a portal to.
a nicely done book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age by Theodore K Rabb. This nicely done book, based on the PBS Series, is an excellent reference for the understanding the important people during the renaissance. It gives the reader a clear picture of the famous folk (and some not so famous) that an educated person living during the sixteenth century would be familiar with. Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age gives a synopsis of the lives of 15 men and women from Galileo Galilee to a merchant named Gluckel of Hameln. Covering England and Western Europe, the living history aficionado is provided with yet another great aid for the performance of their art.
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