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Charlotte Bassett
Discover more insights from Charlotte on history, with quick digestible summaries to in-depth explorations, all readily available on TheProfessorMom.
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History of Florence, Part 3: Renaissance Florence and the Rise of the Medici
This essay explores Florence during the fifteenth century, when the city became a major centre of humanist learning, artistic innovation,…
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History of Florence, Part 2: High Medieval History
Part 2 turns to Florence’s emergence as a powerful commune and rising commercial centre during the High Middle Ages. It…
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History of Florence, Part 1: Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
This opening essay explores the earliest phases of Florentine history, beginning with the Etruscan and Roman background of the region…
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Illuminating Books: What Are Illuminated Manuscripts?
In the Middle Ages, books were objects of extraordinary rarity and expense — hand-copied, hand-decorated, and accessible only to the…
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Michelangelo’s David: Complete Series (An Icon of Public Art)
Michelangelo created a powerful, kinetic rendition of David that even manages to tell some of the narrative.
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History of Florence: Complete Series (Antiquity to 1569)
A four-part guide to the history of Florence, it follows the city from Antiquity through the Middle Ages. It continues…
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