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Princes of the Renaissance

By: Mary Hollingsworth
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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A history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most influential patrons.

From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of 15th- and 16th-century Italy immersed themselves in the culture of antiquity, commissioning palaces, villas and churches inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome, and offering patronage to artists and writers.

Many of these princes were related by blood or marriage, creating a web of alliances that held society together but whose tensions sometimes threatened to tear it apart: thus were their lives dominated as much by the waging of war as the nurture of the artistic talent.

In a narrative that is as rigorous and closely researched as it is accessible and informative, Mary Hollingsworth sets the princes' aesthetic achievements in the context of the volatile, ever-shifting politics of a tumultuous period of history.
©2021 Mary Hollingsworth (P)2021 W F Howes
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  • Categories: History
Italy Renaissance Royalty Ancient History Renaissance History
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Well written tremendously interesting

The narration was for me heavy going. A fascinating history presented in a matter of fact way

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Great subject matter. Found the writing and (perhaps because of this), the narration stilted. Disappointing.

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it was interesting. I recommend for those who are interested in history of Italy

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