The Renaissance World

Martin, John Jefferies: The Renaissance World (Routledge Worlds) (Hardcover) U.S.A. Routledge 2007 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 0415332591
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Very good condition. No interior writing or highlighting. The Renaissance World (Routledge Worlds) (Hardcover) By Martin, John Jefferies Product Description With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the history of ideas, political history, cultural history and art history, this volume, in the successful Routledge Worlds series, offers a sweeping survey of Europe in the Renaissance, from the late thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries, and shows how the Renaissance laid key foundations for many aspects of the modern world. Collating thirty-four essays from the field's leading scholars, John Jeffries Martin shows that this period of rapid and complex change resulted from a convergence of a new set of social, economic and technological forces alongside a cluster of interrelated practices including painting, sculpture, humanism and science, in which the elites engaged. Unique in its balance of emphasis on elite and popular culture, on humanism and society, and on women as well as men, The Renaissance World grapples with issues as diverse as Renaissance patronage and the development of the slave trade. Beginning with a section on the antecedents of the Renaissance world, and ending with its lasting influence, this book is an invaluable read, which students and scholars of history and the Renaissance will dip into again and again. About the Author Duke University, USA Product Details Hardcover: 728 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 15, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0415332591 ISBN-13: 978-0415332590 Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.2 x 2 inches Very Good Hard Cover

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Menzies, Gavin: 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance, New York William Morrow; HarperCollins 2008 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 9780061492174
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xvi, 368 pp., [24] pp. of plates, illus. (some col.), col. maps, biblio., index; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Lower right corners lightly bumped. Age toning. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "The New York Times bestselling author of 1421 offers another stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of the European Renaissance to Chinese exploration in the fifteenth century. The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of western civilization today. Florence and Venice of the early fifteenth century were hubs of world trade, attracting traders from across the globe. Based on years of research, this marvelous history argues that a Chinese fleet--official ambassadors of the emperor--arrived in Tuscany in 1434, where they were received by Pope Eugenius IV in Florence. The delegation presented the influential pope with a wealth of Chinese learning from a diverse range of fields: art, geography (including world maps that were passed on to Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan), astronomy, mathematics, printing, architecture, steel manufacturing, military weaponry, and more. This vast treasure trove of knowledge spread across Europe, igniting the legendary inventiveness of the Renaissance, including the work of such geniuses as da Vinci, Copernicus, Galileo, and more. In 1434, Gavin Menzies combines this long-overdue historical reexamination with the excitement of an investigative adventure. He brings the reader aboard the remarkable Chinese fleet as it sails from China to Cairo and Florence, and then back across the world. Erudite and brilliantly reasoned, 1434 will change the way we see ourselves, our history, and our world. / The author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America, Gavin Menzies was born in England and lived in China for two years before the Second World War. He joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and served in submarines from 1959 to 1970. Since leaving the Royal Navy, he has returned to China and Asia many times, and in the course of his research, he has visited 120 countries, more than 900 museums and libraries, and every major seaport of the late Middle Ages. Menzies is married with two daughters and lives in North London." - Publisher. First Edition, First Printing Fine Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition, First Printing

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Gavin,Menzies: 1434, Harper Collins USA, Juni 2008 ISBN: 0061632643
The New York Times bestselling author of 1421 presents compelling new evidence that the European Renaissance was spurred in large part by Chinese advances in science, art, and technology.9780061632648KurztextThe Renaissance formed the basis of our modern world. Until now, scholars have considered that it came about as a result of a re-examining the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now Gavin Menzies makes the startling arguement that a sophisticated Chinese delegation visited Italy in 1434, sparked the Renaissance, and forever changed the course of Western Civilization. After that date the authority of Aristotle and Ptolemy was overturned and artistic conventions were challenged, as was Arabic astronomy and cartography. This is a stunning reappraisal of history.Florence and Venice of the 15th century were hubs of world trade, attracting traders from across the world and accounting for a sizeable influx of Asiatic peoples. Menzies presents evidence that a large Chinese fleet, official ambassadors of the Emperor, arrived in Tuscany in 1434 where they met with Pope Eugenius IV in Florence. A mass of information was given by the Chinese delegation to the Pope and this entourage--concerning world maps (which Menzies argues were later given to Columbus), astronomy, mathematics, art, printing, architecture, steel manufacture, civil engineering, military machines, surveying, cartography, genetics, and more. This gift of knowledge sparked the inventiveness of the Renaissance--Da Vinci s inventions, the Copernican revolution, Galileo, etc. Following 1434 Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions. These have formed the basis of European civilization just as much as Greek thought and Roman law. In short, China provided the spark that set the Renaissance ablaze.<

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Pelletier, Monique: Geographie du Monde au Moyen Age et a la Renaissance. Paris: Ed. du Comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, 1989. ISBN: 2735501809
Einband leicht berieben. - Danielle LECOQ - La " Mappemonde " du " De Area Noe Mystica " de Hugues de Saint Victor (1128-1129) - 1 La" Mappemonde " du De Area Noe Mystica d'Hugues de Saint- Victor, dessin - 2 L'Orbis Terrae, dessin - 3 Macrocosme et microcosme, tableau - 4 La Rose des vents, schema - 5 La Mappe monde de Henri de Mayence - 6 Tractatusde Quaternio (vers 1100),photo - 7 Liber Divinorum Operum, photo - 8 Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi - 9 Thomas de Cantimpre, photo - - Graham HASLAM - The Duchy of Cornwall Map fragment - 1 The Duchy of Cornwall fragment, photo - 2 One of the winds depicted upon the Duchy fragment, photo - 3 Detail from the British Library Comestor illustrating a cartoon face adorning a capital, photo - 4 Cartoon faces inserted into the capitals on the Duchy fragment, photo - 5 A detail from the British Library Comestor,photo - 6 The Duchy of Cornwall fragment To compare this with the British Library Comestor, photo - Armin WOLF - News on the Ebstorf World Map : date, origin, authorship - 1 Cloitre d'Ebstorf Mappemonde, vers 1239, photo 2 Map 1 : Bishoprics within the Holy Roman Empire represented on the Ebstorf World Map, carte - 3 Map 2 : Convents and monasteries within the Holy Roman Empire represented on the Ebstorf World Map, carte - 4 Map 3 : Places belong to secular princes within the Holy Roman Empire represented on the Ebstorf World Map, carte - 5 Map 4 : North German rivers on the Ebstorf World Map, carte - 6 Map 5 : North German places on the Ebstorf World Map, carte - 7 The Ebstorf World Map and the micro-macrocosm-theory, dessins - Peter BARBER - Old encounters new : the Aslake World Map - 1 The Aslake World Map, photo - 2a The Aslake World Map principal fragment c 1325 -15, photo - 2b Ibid, photographed under ultra-violet light, photo - 3 Centre of the Map: to the left, the portolan chart coastal place names; to the right, sketches of the tree of Melopos, the temple of Ammon and the Psilli with the dragon, photo - 4 Bottom of the Aslake World Map showing the text of the manorial rental 1483-1484, the Atlantic coast of Africa and the Canary Islands, photo - 5 "Psalter" World Map, photo - 6 Orosian Isidorian World Map, 1 lth century, photo - 7 Angelino Dulcert, Mediterranean portulan chart, Majorca, 1339, photo - II - CARTOGRAPHIE ALLEGORIQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE - Krystyna SZYKULA - Une mappemonde pseudo-medievale de 1566 - 1 La Mappe-Monde Nouvelle Papistique, photo - 2 La Mappe-Monde Nouvelle Papistique Machoire superieure du monstre,photo - Frank LESTRINGANT - Une cartographie iconoclaste : " la Mappe-Monde Nouvelle Papistique " de Pierre Eskrich et Jean-Baptiste Trento (1566-1567) - 1 Detail de la mappemonde Les Iconoclastes, photo - 2 Pierre Eskrich La terre de Chanaan, photo - 3 Pierre Eskrich Les douze tribus, photo - 4 Pierre Eskrich Carte de Palestine, photo 5 Plan de Rome de Sebastiano di Re, 1557,photo - 6 Detail de la mappemonde La " muraille de Rome ", photo - 7 Detail de la mappemonde Machoire inferieure du monstre avec la " muraille de Rome ", photo - 8 Apocalypse historiee, xnie siecle, photo - 9 Histoire du Saint-Graal, xve siecle, photo - III - METHODES DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DES GRANDES DECOUVERTES - Raymond d'HOLLANDER - Historique de la loxodromie - 1 Reseau de rumbs, sur une carte en projection polaire de l'hemisphere nord, dessine par Nunes - 2 Ibid, avec corrections - 3 Ibid - 4 Methode de calcul d'une table de rumb par Nunes, schema - 5 Construction de rumbs sur un globe, schema - 6 Procede utilise par Mercator pour tracer le canevas de sa carte, schema - 7 Contribution de S Stevin a l'etude de la loxodromie, schema - Ricardo Cerezo MARTINEZ - Aportacion al estudio de la carta de Juan de la Cosa - la Carta de Juan de la Cosa, photo - lb Reproduccion de la Carta de Juan de la Cosa (arriba) y Original (debajo), photo - 2 Lineas isogonas de la declinacion magnetica en el Atlantico en el afio 1500, carte - 3 Posicion de las Antillas y America del Sur, corregida por declinacion magnetica, carte - 4 Posicion de las tierras descubiertas en el Noroeste atlantico, corregida por declinacion magnetica, carte - IV - CARTOGRAPHIE DES ILES - Francesco PRONTERA - Geographie et mythes dans l'isolario des Grecs - 1 Ulyssis errores, photo - 2 Le segment mediterraneen du parallele de reference dans la carte d'Eratosthene, carte - 3 Le Sud de l'Italie et la Sicile selon Strabon, carte - 4 La Mediterranee selon Strabon, carte (u.a.) ISBN 2735501809, ISBN-13: 9782735501809

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