Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely different aspect. Sciences would be born - or emerge in an entirely new guise.
In this sweeping 400-year history, Paul Strathern reveals how, and why, these new ideas which formed the Renaissance began, and flourished, in the city of Florence. Just as central and northern Germany gave birth to the Reformation, Britain was a driver of the Industrial Revolution and Silicon Valley shaped the digital age, so too, Strathern argues, did Florence play a similarly unique and transformative role in the Renaissance.
While vividly bringing to life the city and a vast cast of characters - including Dante, Botticelli, Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Galileo - Strathern shows how these great Florentines forever altered Europe and the Western world.
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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 and The Borgias.
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<div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"><span class="a-text-bold">Paul Strathern </span>studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist; author of two series of books - <span class="a-text-italic">Philosophers in 90 Minutes</span> and <span class="a-text-italic">The Big Idea: Scientists who Changed the World</span> - and several works of non-fiction, including <span class="a-text-italic">The Medici, The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior,</span> <span class="a-text-italic">Spirit of Venice,</span> <span class="a-text-italic">Death in Florence </span>and <span class="a-text-italic">The Borgias</span>.</div>
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