
The Florentines
From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization
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Narrated by:
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Roger Clark
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By:
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Paul Strathern
A sweeping and magisterial 400-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth to the Renaissance.
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened that transformed the entire culture of Western civilization. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what had taken place. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely new aspect. Sciences would be born - or emerge in an entirely new guise.
The ideas that broke this mold began, and continued to flourish, in the city of Florence in Northern Central Italy. These ideas, which placed an increasing emphasis on the development of our common humanity - rather than otherworldly spirituality - coalesced in what came to be known as humanism. This philosophy and its new ideas would eventually spread across Italy, yet wherever they took hold, they would retain an element essential to their origin. And as they spread further across Europe, this element would remain.
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interesting story, wonderful narration
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Pulling together my pieces of history
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Good storytelling, not profound analysis
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The book’s content is excellent.
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I will say that this book is very easily understood and does a very good job of getting the points across without overwhelming you.
A good simplification of the renaissance
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Narrator is headache inducing
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Compelling
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Well written. Solid performance. Left me wanting more.
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