Famous Men Of The Renaissance & Reformation

An unusual and thought-provoking collection of biographies that tell the story of the two great movements in European history that ushered in modern times. Many of the figures will be familiar (Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Luther) but there are some unusual and intriguing choices as well (Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, and Michael Sattler, for example). The text covers the period in Western European history from 1300-1550, and also includes chapters on Giotto, Botticelli, Savonarola, Dürer, Erasmus, Wyclif, Hus, Calvin, Zwingli, Tyndale and Knox. Includes over 75 b&w images of the men, women and works of art that distinguish this period of history. 29 chapters, 192 pages.

• Famous Men Of The Middle Ages
• The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History (Oxford Illustrated History)
• Voices of the Renaissance and Reformation: Primary Source Documents
• Reformation Sketches: Insights into Luther, Calvin, and the Confessions
• Life in Medieval Times (Perigee)
• The Second Mrs. Gioconda
• The Age of Religious Wars, 1559-1715 (The Norton History of Modern Europe)
• Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: Book I of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
• The Song of Roland
• Ink On His Fingers (Louise A. Vernon)