renaissance

A portrait of the Middle Ages, studying the process of religious, intellectual, and geographic exploration that led medieval people into the rebirth of civilization known as the Renaissance.

Feeling inferior to her talented twin brother, teenaged Isabel is transported to a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Ravenna, where she tries to save the city from attack by the fierce Gate people.

Andy and Frannie meet the artist Leonardo da Vinci while visiting Florence, Italy, and are transported to 1504 where Leonardo shows them the great cathedral, markets, and famous sights of the Renaissance city.

Discusses the new ideas introduced in Europe during the Renaissance and Reformation, explains how they led to the philosophies of the Enlightenment, and describes the Enlightenment's influence on the American and French Revolutions as well as nonrevolutionary change in England and other countries.

Explains how the Renaissance began, describing the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture and ideas by humanists such as Petrarch, and examines changes in politics and religion during the period.

Examines the role of war in the lives of Europeans in the years between the end of the Hundred Years War and the beginning of the Thirty Years War, featuring a survey of the conflicts, an analysis of the military reformation in the ways in which wars were fought, the problems of recruitment, and a study of the impact of war on citizens.

An illustrated history of the Renaissance period, with a fictional story involving children to depict the time in history.