For Christmas and Chanukah: Oranges as Houseplants
GardenLine / House Plants / For Christmas and Chanukah: Oranges as Houseplants Oranges first found their way into Europe from Asia during the Renaissance. They became the status symbols of the 'yuppies' of the day and were wintered in what were ... [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhard's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy was first published almost a century ago, in 1860. Its forty-two-year-old author, professor of history and the history of art at the small Swiss university of his native Basel, was ... [... more]
Random House |
Theodore K. Rabb
THEODORE K. RABB is a professor of history emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe and The Last Days of the Renaissance, among other books. Rabb was the principal historical adviser ... [... more]
Random House |
Robert Anderson
Let National Geographic take you to Italy, a land steeped in history, art, architecture, and culture. Journey to the homeland of the Ancient Roman Empire, the tragic site of Pompeii, and the birthplace of the Renaissance. From the fabulous works ... [... more]
Random House |
Paul Johnson
Educated at Oxford, author of a number of landmark works of history, philosophy, and religion, Paul Johnson is one of the preeminent historians of our time. He lives in England. The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, its great ... [... more]
Random House |
Christopher Dawson
An essential work of European history, this classic study sweeps from the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance as it shows how Christianity, its leaders, and its institutions changed the face of Western culture. Religion and the Rise of ... [... more]
Random House |
Thomas Arnold
Arnold F. Thomas is a professor of history at Yale University, and has written extensively on the military history of the Renaissance era. [... more]
Harper Collins |
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
 Opens our eyes to the origins of our own world: I was around twelve when my grandmother mentioned having heard a speech delivered by Woodrow Wilson. For me, until that moment, Woodrow Wilson had been in the same category with Julius Caesar: people who [... more]
CDN$19.95
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The Renaissance: A Short History
Why the Renaissance matters.: Johnson does a great job of summarizing the Renaissance in a quick 150 pages. The book summarizes the forward thinking which resulted in a revolution in the sculpture, paintings, and buildings of this period. Man was [... more]
CDN$16.95
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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
An impressive work of enduring scholarship: The Great Libraries From Antiquity To The Renaissance is a 600 page work of impressive historical scholarship that traces the development of the library from its beginnings as repositories of clay tablets in [... more]
CDN$125.42
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Humanism and the Renaissance
Good collection of essays, but not an introductory text.: "Humanism and the Renaissance," (Problems in European Civilization.) by Zachary Sayre Schiffman (Editor) and Michael A. Bond is a wonderful up-to-date collection of essays from top-notch [... more]
CDN$42.66
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The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi ...
Brunelleschi = Genius. Ghiberti = Well-connected hack.: If you've read the title of my review, you don't need to bother with this book. It's not about a feud; I didn't think the author even substantiated the existence of a feud, much less one that " [... more]
CDN$16.50
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