What Was the Renaissance?
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · March 4, 2025
Discover all there is to know about the Renaissance, the period in history that took Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times!
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- Who it’s for
- Trace the Renaissance from its Italian beginnings across Europe and into its lasting influence.
- Genres
- Renaissance for Kids, European History for Kids, Art History for Kids
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, March 4, 2025
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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.
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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.
Renaissance Across Europe
Trace the Renaissance from its Italian beginnings across Europe and into its lasting influence.
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- Renaissance ideas spanning art, science, technology, politics, and thought
- Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo in historical context
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- A historical overview spanning the 1300s to the early 1600s
- How scholars revisited literature and historical texts to develop new ideas
Where it sits
| Renaissance for Kids | 98% |
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| Art History for Kids | 67% |
| European History for Kids | 61% |
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Publisher categories
- Art History for Kids
- European History for Kids
- Renaissance for Kids
- Authors
- Roberta Edwards, Who HQ, Gregory Copeland
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- March 4, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Art History for Kids