{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-renaissance-world-from-the-rediscovery-of-aristotle-to-the-conquest-of-constantinople-9780393059762","title":"The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople","description":"Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume--the third in the series that began with \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Ancient World\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Medieval World\u003c\/em\u003e--chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition. \u003cp\u003ePopes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and Greek rationality blossom while the Inquisition gathers strength. As kings and emperors continue to insist on their divine rights, ordinary people all over the world seize power: the lingayats of India, the Jacquerie of France, the Red Turbans of China, and the peasants of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew threats appear, as the Ottomans emerge from a tiny Turkish village and the Mongols ride out of the East to set the world on fire. New currencies are forged, new weapons invented, and world-changing catastrophes alter the landscape: the Little Ice Age and the Great Famine kill millions; the Black Death, millions more. In the chaos of these epoch-making events, our own world begins to take shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpressively researched and brilliantly told, \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Renaissance World\u003c\/em\u003e offers not just the names, dates, and facts but the memorable characters who illuminate the years between 1100 and 1453--years that marked a sea change in mankind's perception of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBauer, Susan Wise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSusan Wise Bauer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the \u003cem\u003eWriting With Ease, Writing With Skill, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStory of the World\u003c\/em\u003e series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eHistory of the World\u003c\/em\u003e series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613544878354,"sku":"9780393059762","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d9404c7-a6d0-4200-bb6e-a14f6be7b2a3.jpg?v=1732406934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-renaissance-world-from-the-rediscovery-of-aristotle-to-the-conquest-of-constantinople-9780393059762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}