5.0 out of 5 stars
A great value!, June 30, 2011
This review is from: Historical Atlas of the Renaissance (Hardcover)
Illustrations:
All full color illustrations, drawings, photos, photos of art, detailed, colorful maps, timeline at the bottom of some pages, interesting borders on some maps.
Layout of type:
Two columns of type, small text, captions are in bold, black ink in a font that varies from the text font.
Chapters:
Florence-Cradle of the Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
Rome-The Papal bastion
Imperial destiny-Habsburg-Valois rivalry
A world beyond-Exploration and empire
Window on the world-the low countries
A sceptered isle-Tudor England
A world apart-Spain and her empire
The late Renaissance
A Flickentppich-Renaissance Germany
A house divided-The Reformation
Features:
Appendix, genealogical tables of the Renaissance, index
Assessment:
This book provides a good deal of serious information, maps, and illustrations. For the cost of the book, the amount of information it contains and the grade levels it can support, this is a grand value.
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