{"product_id":"worldly-goods-a-new-history-of-the-renaissance","title":"Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance","description":"\"Fascinating. . . . A notable achievement. . . . Real history is in the details, the small stories, of which Worldly Goods is a treasure house.\"―Richard Bernstein, New York Times In this provocative and wholly absorbing work, Lisa Jardine offers a radical interpretation of the Renaissance, arguing that the creation of culture during that time was inextricably tied to the creation of wealth ― that the expansion of commerce spurred the expansion of thought. As Jardine boldly states, \"The seeds of our own exuberant multiculturalism and bravura consumerism were planted in the European Renaissance.\" While Europe's royalty and merchants competed with each other to acquire works of art, vicious commercial battles were being fought over who should control the centers for trade around the globe. Jardine encompasses Renaissance culture from its western borders in Christendom to its eastern reaches in the Islamic Ottoman Empire, bringing this opulent epoch to life in all its material splendor and competitive acquisitiveness. \"A savvy, street-smart history of the Renaissance.\"―Dan Cryer, Newsday \"Jardine's lively book is specific and down-to-earth. A particularly fascinating section recalls how books suddenly ceased to be principally collector's items or aids to scholars and became the sixteenth century's Internet, dispensing fact and fancy to high and low.\"―The New Yorker Illustrated\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0393318664\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0393318664.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jardine, Lisa\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456022388794,"sku":"DBV.0393318664.VG","price":7.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0393318664-0.jpg?v=1781072701","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/worldly-goods-a-new-history-of-the-renaissance","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}