What Was The Renaissance ? - What Was ?

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 Reinassance was such a pivotal time in European history and how it still influences us.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Copeland, Roberta Edwards, Edwards Roberta, Who HQ
• Assisted by: Copeland Gregory (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2025
• EAN: 9780593751831
• ISBN: 978-0-593-75183-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 200 mm x 5 mm
• Series: What Was?
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Europe, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / History, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Europe, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Renaissance, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Renaissance style, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance)