The Other Renaissance

The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare

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Paperback Published on: 07/03/2024
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Synopsis

'Enlightening and fascinating' John Banville, Wall Street Journal

Through the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of the northern European Renaissance, which rivalled its Italian counterpart.

There is no denying that many of the first developments of the Renaissance took place in Italy. However, a revolution of similar magnitude was also occurring across northern Europe, which would forever alter European culture in its own unique fashion. Initially centred on the city of Bruges, its influence was soon felt in France, the German states, England and even in Italy itself.

By vividly bringing to life the key players of the northern Renaissance, Paul Strathern explores some of the most significant advances of the whole era, revealing how they not only introduced new ways of thinking in art, literature, science, philosophy, mathematics and medicine, but also allowed for the evolution of an entirely different concept of life.

In this compelling and original history, Strathern shows how the 'Other Renaissance' would play a role at least as significant as the Italian Renaissance in shattering the constraints of medieval life and bringing our modern world into being.

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781838955182
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Weight: 357g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm

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The Other Renaissance
A most enjoyable history
A series of mini biographies, this book is fantasticly written and full of information and interesting facts that are bound to be a hit at any dinner party... READ MORE
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