{"product_id":"the-renaissance-and-reformation-a-history-in-documents-pages-from-history-9780195338027","title":"The Renaissance and Reformation: A History in Documents (Pages from History)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt first glance  the Renaissance and the Reformation--two movements (one cultural  one religious) that defined Europe from 1400 to 1600--may appear to be polar opposites. The Renaissance found scholars and artists celebrating the beauty and splendor of the material world  while the Reformation saw Protestant and Catholic religious leaders and their followers focusing on eternal salvation. However  there were actually striking similarities between these two worlds. For instance  while both Renaissance artists and Reformation pastors originally desired a return to a \"golden age\" of the past  they both ended up creating something very new instead.  In The Renaissance and Reformation  Merry Wiesner-Hanks allows the historical participants to tell their own stories. She presents a mix of visual sources and written documents not only from learned scholars  trained artists  university-educated religious reformers  and powerful political leaders--but also from more ordinary men and women. Leonardo da Vinci considers the merits of painting versus poetry in his notebook  while the Italian diplomat Baldassar Castiglione recommends the pastime of music-making to gentlemen in his book The Courtier. A group of small-time investors signs a contract for a trading venture from Genoa to Corsica and Sardinia  and a wealthy Florentine widow writes a letter to her son  weighing his ability to start a new business. A picture essay uses individual and family portraits to discuss ideas about personality  temperament  and \"genius\"; social differences in marital patterns; and changes in family relationships. Wiesner-Hanks places events in Europe in a global context  allowing readers to examine the ways in which they were related to the voyages of exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647847718965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195338022","price":30.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195338027.jpg?v=1781698030","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-renaissance-and-reformation-a-history-in-documents-pages-from-history-9780195338027","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}