renaissance

In Italy in 1491, Magnus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.

"A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--Provided by publisher.

Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli that reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Magnus, and themselves.

A narrative history of the Italian Renaissance, discussing its influential families, artists, rulers, the colonisation of the Americas and the rise of the Ottoman empire and its effect on Italy and more during the fifteenth century.

Introduces young readers to facts about the Italian Renaissance by highlighting the lives and works of five scientists and philosophers living during that time. Includes text-related questions and projects, quotes, timelines, a glossary, links to online resources, and color images.

Retraces the story of when Poggio Bracciolini found Lucretius' poem "On the Nature of Things," during the Renaissance and how the recirculation of this poem changed history.

In the land of Sauradia, Danio Cerra, looks back on his life as a low-born son of a tailor who gained entry into a renowned school and became the assistant of a tyrannical count. When he encounters an assassination attempt on the count by a woman known as Adria R?poli, the rebellious daughter of a duke, he lets her succeed. Danio develops feelings for Adria, and gets drawn into a feud between Adria's mercenary uncle Folco, who employs her as assassin, and his rival Teobaldo.

An introduction to the Renaissance that covers the period from Dante Alighieri's birth in the mid-thirteenth century to Michelangelo's death in the mid-sixteenth, discussing the rise of individualism, the interest in antiquity, politics, science and humanism, society and festivals, and morality and religion.

Portrays the Renaissance experience through brief biographies of the lives and work of ninety-four people who represent the full spectrum of Renaissance culture, and includes Leonardo da Vinci, Charles V, St. Teresa of Avila, and more.

Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is summoned by the angel Malchiah to fifteenth-century Rome--the city of Michelangelo and Raphael, of Leo X and the Holy Inquisition--to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to uncover the secrets of an earthbound restless spirit, a diabolical dybbuk.