{"product_id":"inventing-the-renaissance-the-myth-of-a-golden-age-hardcover","title":"Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAda Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe's golden age.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we're told) heralds the dawning of a new world--a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash! or so says award-winning novelist and historian Ada Palmer. In \u003ci\u003eInventing the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, Palmer turns her witty and irreverent eye on the fantasies we've told ourselves about Europe's not-so-golden age, myths she sets right with sharp clarity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Palmer's Renaissance is altogether desperate. Troubled by centuries of conflict, she argues, Europe looked to a long-lost Roman Empire (even its education practices) to save them from unending war. Later historians met their own political challenges with a similarly nostalgic vision, only now they looked to the Renaissance and told a partial story. To right this wrong, Palmer offers fifteen provocative portraits of Renaissance men and women (some famous, some obscure) whose lives reveal a far more diverse, fragile, and wild Renaissance than its glowing reputation suggests.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAda Palmer \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of early modern European history and the College at the University of Chicago. She is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eReading Lucretius in the Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003eand the award-winning \u003ci\u003eTerra Ignota \u003c\/i\u003eseries of novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.89 x 9.13 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63100574531933,"sku":"9780226837970","price":47.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/PDp19kHS6r9780226837970.webp?v=1768348283","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/inventing-the-renaissance-the-myth-of-a-golden-age-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}