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  • Michelangelo: Painter, Sculptor and Architect

    Tim McNeese

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2005)
    His accomplishments ran from sonnets and love poems to the most famous sculptures, paintings, and buildings ever created. Michelangelo is frequently considered the Creator of the Renaissance.
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  • The Middle Ages

    Dorothy Mills

    Hardcover (G.P. Putnam's Sons, Jan. 1, 1935)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci: Artist, Inventor, and Renaissance Man

    Rachel A Koestler-Grack

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Jan. 1, 2006)
    This new series explores the lives of the men and women who had a profound influence on the shaping of the world--particularly the ways in which the sciences, arts, and letters are perceived by the modern observer, Ideally suited for school reports, these books are fully documented, with sidebars that provide background information about each subject. This series meets world history curriculum standards.
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  • The Medicis: A Ruling Dynasty

    Heather Lehr Wagner

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 2005)
    This wealthy Italian family from Tuscany and Florence directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th century through 1737. Their patronage of the arts made Florence a center of European culture.
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  • Dante: Poet, Author and Proud Florentine

    John C Davenport

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2005)
    This famous Italian poet wrote The Divine Comedy, which was an imaginary journey by the poet through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This work is recognised as a masterpiece of world literature.
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  • Eleanor Of Aquitaine: Heroine Of The Middle Ages

    Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 2005)
    A biography of the wife of Louis VII of France, who divorced him to marry Henry II of England, after which strife ensued between the two countries which lasted some 400 years.
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  • Chaucer: Celebrated Poet and Author

    Janet Hubbard-Brown

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Sept. 1, 2005)
    Chaucer is best known for The Canterbury Tales, which recounted the stories of 23 pilgrims assembled at the Tabard Inn at Southwark.
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  • Machiavelli: Renaissance Political Analyst and Author

    Dr Heather Lehr Wagner

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2005)
    This Italian political philosopher's name has become synonymous with political intrigue. His most famous work - II principe (1513) laid out his theory of government and a number of rules of practical statecraft.
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  • Queen Elizabeth And England's Golden Age

    Samuel Willard Crompton

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 2005)
    The only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth served as the Queen of England and Ireland. She never married, never had children, and was the last of the House of Tudor. Under her rule, literature, fashion, and education came to the forefront in England.
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  • Thomas More: And His Struggles of Conscience

    Samuel Willard Crompton

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 2005)
    This English statesman and author was best known for his Utopia, which described communal ownership of land, the education of men and women alike, and religious toleration.
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  • Galileo: Renaissance Scientist And Astronomer

    Tim McNeese

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Sept. 1, 2005)
    A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, Italian-born Galileo was the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope. In 1610, he made major discoveries relating to the moon, the Milky Way, Jupiter's four large moons, sunspots, and the phases of Venus.
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