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.

The Marriage Portrait
Perspective(s)
A Poisoner's Tale
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
Disobedient
Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
Florenzer
Costanza
I, Mona Lisa
Botticelli's Apprentice
City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo #1)
What Dreams May Come (Daughter of Montague)
Beloved Son Felix: Coming of Age in the Renaissance
The Book of Secrets
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
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
Don Quixote
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Othello
The Tempest
Utopia
Mary, Queen of Scots by Kathryn LaskyThe Wild Queen by Carolyn MeyerSpy for the Queen of Scots by Theresa BreslinMy Contrary Mary by Cynthia HandThe Prophecy by Lily Blake
Mary, Teen of Scots
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Queering the Middle Ages
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The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa GregoryThe Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Fiction Set in 15th Century
79 books — 49 voters

James Baldwin
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Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

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