Renaissance History

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    • A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
    • By: Anthony Gottlieb
    • Narrated by: Anthony Gottlieb
    • Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 26-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • This landmark study of early Western thought now appears with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. Author Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers, questions much of conventional wisdom, and explains his findings with unbridled brilliance and clarity.....

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    • Arts
    • By: iMinds
    • Narrated by: Leah Vandenburg
    • Length: 5 mins
    • Release date: 20-10-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Learn about the Renaissance period with iMindsJNR audio-learning series for younger minds....

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    • A Captivating Guide to a Period in the History of Europe Following the Middle Ages (History for Children)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Series: History for Children
    • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-22
    • Language: English
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    • The Renaissance was only a short period in European history, but it was the revolution needed to move from the Middle Ages to the modern world. It was full of new philosophies and art, new architecture and inventions....

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    • A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304 - 1576 AD, The Story of Civilization, Volume 5
    • By: Will Durant
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Series: The Story of Civilization, Book 5
    • Length: 37 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 22-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • The Renaissance chronicles the history of Italy from1304 to 1576. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the poets Petrarch and Boccaccio, the fathers of the Renaissance....

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    • From Copernicus to Shakespeare
    • By: Paul Strathern
    • Narrated by: Roger May
    • Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this "Other Renaissance" played as significant a role as the Italian Renaissance in bringing our modern world into being....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Jerry Brotton
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale....

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    • From Pericles to Putin
    • By: Simon Jenkins
    • Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 313 ratings
    • Despite the importance of Europe's politics, economy and culture, there has not been - until now - a concise book to tell this story....

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    • Myths of a Golden Age
    • By: Ada Palmer
    • Narrated by: Candida Gubbins
    • Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 13-02-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The Renaissance is one of the most studied and celebrated eras of history. Spanning the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of modernity, it has come to symbolise the transformative rebirth of knowledge, art, culture and political thought in Europe.

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    • The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII
    • By: Gareth Russell
    • Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
    • Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 235 ratings
    • England, July 1540: it is one of the hottest summers on record, and the court of Henry VIII is embroiled once again in political scandal. Anne Cleves is out....

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    • A Life
    • By: Diarmaid MacCulloch
    • Narrated by: David Rintoul
    • Length: 26 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 27-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 379 ratings
    • Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul....

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    • A Captivating Guide to a Remarkable Period in European History, Including Stories of People Such as Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Shakespeare, and Leonardo da Vinci
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
    • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • If you want to discover the captivating history of the Renaissance, then pay attention....

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    • The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
    • By: Jill Burke
    • Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-24
    • Language: English
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    • Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history of this period as told by the women behind the paintings, providing a window into their often overlooked or silenced lives. Can the pressures women feel to look good be traced back to the sixteenth century?

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    • By: Alison Weir
    • Narrated by: Maggie Mash
    • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 191 ratings
    • Mary Boleyn was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife....

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    • The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent
    • By: Christopher de Bellaigue
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
    • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its entrails....

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    • How the Pope's Children Rewrote the Rules for Ireland
    • By: David McWilliams
    • Narrated by: David McWilliams
    • Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 21-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 188 ratings
    • In four decades, bookended by the Pope’s visits to Ireland in September 1979 and August 2018, Ireland has become one of the wealthiest and most progressive nations in the world....

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    • By: Walter Pater
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Published in 1873, Studies in the History of the Renaissance is considered one of the most influential works in the field of aestheticism. The book is a collection of essays that explore various artists of the Renaissance period, focusing primarily on the art, culture, and philosophy of the time.

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