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The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern
32.99 AUD
Category: History
An 'essential book for 2023', as selected by the Irish ExaminerIt is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city ...Show more
The Spirit of Venice: From Marco Polo to Casanova by Paul Strathern
59.95 AUD
Category: History
The Republic of Venice was the first great economic and naval power of the modern Western world. After winning the struggle for ascendency against its bitter Genoese rivals in the late 13th century, the Republic enjoyed centuries of unprecedented glory and a trading empire which at its apogee reached as ...Show more
The Spirit of Venice: From Marco Polo to Casanova by Paul Strathern
42.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Spirit of Venice is a history of the first great economic and naval power of the modern western world, from its struggle to ascendancy, through the arc of its glory - when its trading empire reached as far afield as China, Syria and West Africa - to the beginning of its long and fascinating decline. ...Show more