Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age.

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The Marriage Portrait
Perspective(s)
Costanza
Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
A Poisoner's Tale
What Dreams May Come (Daughter of Montague)
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In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
The Maiden of Florence
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
The Stolen Lady
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I (Tudor Rose, #3)
The Prince
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth: Moment by Moment
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
The Birth of Venus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
King Lear
The Tempest
Othello
Don Quixote
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Utopia
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Marsilio Ficino
The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.
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