renaissance

Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, focusing on aspects of everyday life, including homes, diet, and clothing.

Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, investigating major scientific breakthroughs in astronomy, anatomy, physics, and math, and discussing the conflict between science and religion.

Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, investigating aspects of art, music, and literature, including the uses of realism, the introduction of new instruments, and the invention of the printing press.

Examines various aspects of the Renaissance, a period in history characterized by invention and creativity.

Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, looking at how the development of new trade routes and navigational tools enlarged the world and affected the economy.

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.

This volume, organized into seven chapters, presents information on the Italian and Northern Renaissance culture, science during the Renaissance, and the social and economic factors that affected various peoples during the early and late Renaissance.

Contains three essays in which the author examines the possible source, and the social, economic, and cultural consequences of the plague of 1348.