The Other Renaissance

From Copernicus to Shakespeare

Paul Strathern

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Atlantic Books
30 May 2023

Renaissance art; History; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600

It 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 of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, England, and even in Italy itself.

Following a sequence of major figures, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this 'Other Renaissance' played as significant a role as the Italian renaissance in bringing our modern world into being.

By: Paul Strathern
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export/Airside
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781838955168
ISBN 10: 183895516X
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prologue: Lifting the Lid 1: Gutenberg 2: Jan van Eyck 3: Nicholas of Cusa 4: Francis I and the French Renaissance 5: A New Literature: Rabelais 6: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation 7: The Rise of England 8: The Rise and Rise of the Fuggers 9: Copernicus 10: Erasmus 11: Dürer 12: Straddling Two Ages: Paracelsus and Bruegel the Elder 13: Versions of the True: Mercator and Viète 14: Vesalius 15: Catherine de' Medici 16: Montaigne 17: Elizabethan England 18: Brahe and Kepler 19: Europe Expands Conclusion: A Last Legacy

Paul Strathern studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist; author of two series of books - Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists who Changed the World - and several works of non-fiction, including The Medici, The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior, Spirit of Venice, Death in Florence, The Borgias and The Florentines

Reviews for The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare

From art and astronomy to medicine and exploration, The Other Renaissance covers a lot of ground, and the author's biographical style is invariably engaging... Lively and wide-ranging. * Financial Times * Lively... Strathern's entertaining cast of often garrulous northerners, their origins ranging from Paris to rainy London, discovered things that made us what we are today... He describes their contributions in clear-sighted and effective prose, making complex ideas instantly intelligible... Full of pleasing anecdotes, and myths are duly dispatched along the way. * The Times * Deeply fascinating * Kirkus Reviews * A thought-provoking re-examination of the great Florentine artists, scientists and business wizards of the Renaissance... His prose glimmers with the spark of rekindled discovery. * Wall Street Journal on The Florentines * This history of ruthlessness, intrigue and men broken on Fortune's Wheel is a wickedly entertaining read. * The Times on The Borgias *