Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age.

The Marriage Portrait
Book of Forbidden Words
A Poisoner's Tale
Perspective(s)
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
Costanza
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization
Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
The Darkest Sin (Cesare Aldo #2)
Florenzer
Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn
The Tower
Three Fires
The Prince
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth: Moment by Moment
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
The Birth of Venus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
King Lear
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Don Quixote
The Tempest
Othello
Utopia
Maid of Secrets by Jennifer  McGowanWarped by Maurissa GuibordAt the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary HooperThe Stolen One by Suzanne CrowleyVenom by Fiona Paul
Young Adult Renaissance
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Mary, Queen of Scots by Kathryn LaskyThe Wild Queen by Carolyn MeyerSpy for the Queen of Scots by Theresa BreslinMy Contrary Mary by Cynthia HandThe Prophecy by Lily Blake
Mary, Teen of Scots
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The Transformations of Magic by Frank KlaassenMaking Magic in Elizabethan England by Frank F. KlaassenThe Magic of Rogues by Frank KlaassenConjuring Spirits by Claire FangerEveryday Magicians by Sharon Hubbs Wright
Medieval and Renaissance Magic
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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
641 books — 1,668 voters

Thomas More
“ [how can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because his clothes are made of finer woolen thread than theirs. After all, those fine clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything better than a sheep. ”
― Thomas More, Utopia

James Baldwin
“ Whose little boy are you? ”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

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