Renaissance Letters

Author: Zhu Xiaoyuan
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: The letters collected in this book are only a small part of the correspondence of the time, but we can still see a vivid picture of medieval European history from them. These letters not only involve politics, economy, and culture, but also the owners of these letters show us their diverse personalities and professional styles through their correspondence. Without these letters, we might not have known that the great painter and sculptor Michelangelo was an extremely irritable person. When a boy was brought in to do household chores but was more interested in being taught to sculpt, he witnessed Michelangelo's irritable temper. The content of this book includes detailed discussions on the Renaissance, humanism, gentlemen scholars, literature, drama, art, music, science and technology, the Reformation, government, politics, court life, nobility, military and war, travel, exploration, colonies, foreign peoples and trade, divine love and blasphemy, family and the status of women, rural life, social life and observations on nature, and an appendix with an index of names and places.