Renaissance: Six Essays

by Wallace K. Ferguson

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Genres: History, Renaissance, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1940

Reviews

[Eric Orchard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really enjoying this. I've read so much art history that I really enjoy reading broader surveys. Interesting notion in this book that the renaissance was a gradual response to the hardening conservatism of the feudal system and the clergy, suggesting that church and government were much more fluid during the earlier middle ages.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another decent topic-divided description of the Renaissance. The emphasis is social and economic history. The book has more politics and less art history then J.H. Plumb's "The Italian Renaissance." However, where Plumb's work is solely dedicated to Italy, this book includes great information about the renaissance in other regions of Europe. I listened to the audio book via Audible.com.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

So great!! It's the recorded lectures given at a symposium at the MET so they're pretty interesting and don't go into extreme specifics like many non fiction books or essays because they were made to be listened to.
Would recommend to anyone even vaguely interested in history.