Buondì. Well, The Renaissance has been a bit of a disappointment, hasn’t it? I thought there’d be plenty of stuff on science, philosophy, and so on, but apart from Galileo, the odd crispy philosopher, and a handful of painters and sculptors, it’s been a lot of articles on various European powers fighting for territory. Not […]
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The Renaissance #25 / New Ebook Easy Reader, 25% Off!
Buondì. Imagine you were the king of an island, amongst other things. Not just any island, though. This one has rich cities, sumptuous foods and wines, friendly people, and it’s very nicely positioned – your seaside getaway is in a strategic location, not too far off the coast from one of Europe’s most desirable metropolises, […]
The Renaissance #24 (with the correct link this time)
Buonasera. I’d long suspected there were only a handful of club members following our Summer Series. So when in today’s earlier article I forgot to replace the link to Wednesday’s Episode 23# with Friday’s Episode #24, and indeed to add the new link to our History page (now done!), two of that handful made themselves […]
The Renaissance #24 / “Let’s roll!”
Buondì. They say there’s nothing new under the sun, and reading today’s episode from our Summer Series on the Renaissance (and the following century or two), I was reminded of that. We’re in the middle of the eighteenth century now, in Genova, where the locals are fed up with being bossed about by Austrian queens, […]
