Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library: Primary Sources

by Peggy Saari (Editor)

This resource brings the people and the events of the Renaissance and Reformation to life for todays students. Renaissance and Primary Sources allows students to study 18 full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, poems and documents.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published July 12, 2002

Reviews

[Tommy Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I keep this wonderful "young adult" book on my nightstand and read short sections of it frequently. I don't think I've read it all -but have been working on it for about 6 years.
Lots of good detail and a wonderful resource for other reading opportunities.
>Humanism
--Isotta Nagarola
--Niccolo Machiavelli
--Ibn Khaldun

>Renaissance Arts and Sciences
--Leonardo da Vinci
--Galileo Galilei

>Drama and Literature
--William Shakespeare
--Margaret of Navarre
--Miguel de Cervantes
--Michel de Montaigne
--Margaret Cavendish

>Protestant Reformation
--Martin Luther
--Huldrych Zwingli
--John Calvin
--Elizabeth

>Catholic Reformation
--Ignatius of Loyola
--Teresa de Avila
--Roman Catholic Church

>Witch-hunts
--Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger