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Inventing the Renaissance. Myths of a Golden Age
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- Nombre de pages744
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids0.6 kg
- Dimensions13,0 cm × 19,8 cm × 4,7 cm
- ISBN978-1-0359-1013-7
- EAN9781035910137
- Date de parution12/02/2026
- ÉditeurHead of Zeus
Résumé
Brilliantly witty and refreshingly irreverent, acclaimed historian Ada Palmer presents the Renaissance as we have never seen it before. Spanning the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of modernity, the Renaissance has come to symbolise the transformative rebirth of knowledge, art, and culture in Europe. But by journeying through the fantasies scholars have constructed about the period, Palmer reveals how its legend derives more from mythmaking than from the grim reality of the era itself.
Bringing the period to life through fifteen entertaining character portraits - some famous, some obscure - Palmer shows how the real Renaissance was more unexpected, more international, and more desperate than its golden reputation suggests. Palmer's vital take-away : question all historians, including her.
Bringing the period to life through fifteen entertaining character portraits - some famous, some obscure - Palmer shows how the real Renaissance was more unexpected, more international, and more desperate than its golden reputation suggests. Palmer's vital take-away : question all historians, including her.
