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Title: Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation
ISBN: 1882514106
Author:
Robert G. Shearer
Publicate Date: 1996-09-01
Publish: 1996-09-01
List Price: $16.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: very informative
This book is full of great information on men of this time period. It tells you who they were, and what their role in history was. It does a good job of linking the principal players as well, so that you understand who was living and making history at the same time, and what influence they had upon one another.
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2: Interesting way to cover history
My children and I really enjoyed this treatment of the Renaissance and Reformation. I recommend all the titles in this series.
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3: NOT a good text for Catholics; contains bias and misinformation
I'll admit it - I picked up this text and went immediately to the entries that I thought might be problematic. I didn't have to look far. The entry on Machiavelli is too nuanced for the book's intended audience. The chapter dealing with Luther is erroneous in its treatment of Church doctrine and at times, downright hateful (and at other times, quite silly, as if the whole subject is a joke). I would have to stand over my children's shoulders and correct every other word if they read this. It might prompt an interesting discussion of popular Protestant misconceptions of Catholic teachings, but it doesn't seem to be a suitable textbook for forming children's knowledge of the characters of the historical period.
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4: Where are the women?
This is an excellent research tool for high schoolers in history, religion, humanities, art history or world history classes. It is a large, workbook-sized soft cover book. I ordered it for our church library. Illustrations are all in black and white. It was interesting to read as an adult, too, o because it is a good refresher or review of the history of the era. Although each chapter covers a person, the history of the whole book is kept intact. I would recommend it to public school high school teachers for use as a text. However, I have a comment. Where are the WOMEN of the Renaissance and Reformation? What about Catherine de Medici, Katherine von Bora, Joan of Arc, Hildegard von Bingen, and Artimisia Gentileschi, the great female Renaissance painter (check Vasari's Lives of the Painters.) I would like to see women included in any revisions, with the book called, "Famous PEOPLE of the Renaissance and Reformation." Do some digging and don't follow the typical history that men haver written. There is "herstory", too, and it should be researched and brought once again to life. Just because women may not have been as famous as the men, they did wield considerable power and were just as spiritual and talented.
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