Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/129280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Princes of the Renaissance Author: Mary Hollingsworth Narrator: Karen Cass Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins Release date: 02-04-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings Genres: Italy Publisher's Summary: A history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most influential patrons. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of 15th- and 16th-century Italy immersed themselves in the culture of antiquity, commissioning palaces, villas and churches inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome, and offering patronage to artists and writers.