The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople

by Susan Wise Bauer

Book Overview

Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume--the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World--chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition.

Popes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and Greek rationality blossom while the Inquisition gathers strength...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393059766
• ISBN13: 9780393059762
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 2.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"