Arts Culture and Society in the Western World
The European Renaissance 1400-1600
1st Edition
By Robin Kirkpatrick
October 30, 2001
With Italy at its centre, but encompassing the whole of Renaissance Europe, this evocative history challenges some of the popularly-held views on the Renaissance period. In particular, whilst always acknowledging the brilliance and exhuberance of Renaissance culture, Robin Kirkpatrick draws equal ...
Gothic Europe 1200-1450
1st Edition
By Derek Pearsall
April 10, 2001
This uniquely ambitious history offers an account of all aspects of cultural activity and production throughout the world of Latin Christendom 1200-1450. Beginning with a detailed description of the political and economic circumstances that allowed the 'Gothic Moment' to flourish, the body of the ...