renaissance

Discusses the centers of culture and commerce in Italy, the role of women, and the lives of the era's most important people.

Provides a portrait of life in Renaissance Italy, from 1400 to 1550, featuring a timeline and overview of the period, and discussing women, art, celebrations, and many other topics.

Introduction to the career of the famous artist and inventor, in the context of Renaissance Italy. Includes reproductions of Leonardo's works and other contemporary art works.

Describes the history, culture, and life of people living during the 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.

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.

Describes advances in scientific knowledge that occurred during the Renaissance in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Lorenzo, son of the Duke's master armorer, longs to experience battle for himself, and thrusts himself into conflict when he learns of a planned attack against the Duke.

A fictionalized biography that describes the life of Elisabetta, the woman who posed for Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa.