Renaissance Lives : Portraits of an Age
Rabb, Theodore K.
ISBN 10: 0465068006 ISBN 13: 9780465068005
Published by Basic Books, 2000
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With Renaissance Lives , Theodore K. Rabb revives a tradition of writing that was often practiced by the historians of that astounding era: to tell the story of an age by examining the lives of those who lived it. Rabb's subjects are all people who felt change gather speed around them: from Titian and Galileo to Catherine de' Medici and John Milton. In their stories we see, above all, the powers of ideas to liberate, to enthrall, to provoke, and to resolve conflict. Renaissance Lives shows us the struggle , with its grave disappointments but also its extraordinary achievements that accompanied the creation of the world we recognize as our own.
About the Author: Theodore K. Rabb is a professor of Renaissance and early modern history at Princeton University. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Renaissance Lives.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Renaissance Lives : Portraits of an Age
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good