What Was the Renaissance?, Roberta Edwards
What Was the Renaissance?, Roberta Edwards
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What Was the Renaissance?

Author: Roberta Edwards, Who HQ

Series: What Was?

Narrator: Shimali Desilva

Unabridged: 1 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2025


Synopsis

Discover all there is to know about the Renaissance, the period in history that took Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times!

Beginning in Italy, the Renaissance was a cultural movement that spread throughout Europe and affected art, science, technology, politics, and thought. From the 1300s to the beginning of the 1600s, scholars started to question what they knew and looked to literature and historical texts to develop new ideas for why things were the way they were. In just a short amount of time, the foundations for European life were uprooted and examined, leading people, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to explore new ways of thinking and being. Readers will learn why the Renaissance was such a pivotal time in European history and how it still influences us.

About The Author

Roberta Edwards has written several books for young readers, including a number in the Who Was? series. She lives in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hailey on March 30, 2025

The most redeeming quality of this book is the inclusion of Christianity. The book makes it clear that if God created the world (we know that He did), then He made the universe a special place. Art had its origins in the God the Creator, which isn’t expressly stated in this book, but Biblically insp......more