Inventing the Renaissance
Narrated by Candida Gubbins
- Released
- March 28, 2025
- Length
- 30 hrs 19 mins
- Format
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
In her audiobook Inventing the Renaissance, Ada Palmer offers a fresh and provocative perspective on a period often idealized as Europe's golden age. Challenging popular myths, she portrays the Renaissance as a tumultuous and complex era shaped by conflict and nostalgia, highlighting a diverse array of historical figures whose stories reveal a more fragile and wild chapter of history. Palmer’s witty analysis invites listeners to reconsider longstanding perceptions of this transformative period.
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