1492

By Barnet Litvinoff

Book Overview

An in-depth analysis of the year that marked the decline of medievalism and heralded the Renaissance examines the development of the political, ethnic, and religious relationships whose legacy is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684192101
• ISBN13: 9780684192109
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

A bit Euro-centric, but worthwhile

At the dawn of the 16th century, the world was changing irrovocably. _1492_ succinctly shows the magnitude of the changes that century brought through the remarkable array of personalities that shared that time: Borgia and de Medici Popes; explorers like Diaz, Magellan, cabot, Leon and Columbus; religious leaders like Luther, Savanarola and Torquemada; intellectual luminaries like da Vinci, Erasmus and Michaelangelo. I found it to be much more academically sound than Manchester's _A World Lit Only by Fire_, and I was impressed with how well Litvinoff alluded to Europe's future commercial (and later, industrial) domination in the 19th century through events that began in 1492. Recommended reading.