renaissance

An introduction to the various elements of Renaissance life, including religion, trade, education, food, and clothes.

Translation of: La Renaissance. Surveys events, people, and daily life around the World during the Renaissance.

Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

Profiles thirteen places during the time of the Renaissance, from a chapel and sculptor's workshop to parliament and deserted rural village.

Presents thirteen walks of life from the Renaissance, including banker, artist, and explorer. Includes quotations from contemporary sources.

An illustrated overview of the philosophy, inventions, art, government, religion, and daily life of the Renaissance.

Answers the who, what, where, when, and why of the life and times of sixteenth century artist Michelangelo, with information on art, architecture, food, fashion, history, politics, people, places, literature, and customs of the time.

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.

Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.