People of the Renaissance

Author: Eugenio Garin
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book presents a group portrait of various figures from the Renaissance era—monarchs, cardinals, courtiers, merchants, philosophers, artists, witches, women, indigenous people, etc. They have different values, mental states, and ways of life due to their diverse social statuses and identities, yet they share common characteristics and historical limitations of the Renaissance. The historians' in-depth yet accessible, rigorous yet vivid writing style takes us into that vibrant and brilliant period of history through the lives of specific, real individuals.