Rabb, Theodore K

Collects twenty essays by historians in which each discusses moments in history they wish they had witnessed, covering events such as the signing of the Magna Carta, Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, and the signing of the October Manifesto in 1905 by Nicholas II of Russia.

Provides a portrait of life during the Renaissance through biographical profiles of fifteen notable men and women, including Catherine de' Medici, Galileo, and others.

Biographies of fifteen men and women of the Renaissance.