The Resource An age of voyages, 1350-1600, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
An age of voyages, 1350-1600, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
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The item An age of voyages, 1350-1600, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Santa Clara County Library District.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item An age of voyages, 1350-1600, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Santa Clara County Library District.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "This book provides coverage of the political, cultural, and social history of the world from 1350 to 1600. Contact among regions of the world expanded through trade networks, enabling a transferal of knowledge and culture between western and eastern societies. With a strong focus on the Renaissance, Reformation, and Ming China, the text comes from ordinary people, travelers, bureaucrats, children, housewives, poets, and religious thinkers."--Supplied by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 189 p.
- Contents
-
- Disease and disaster : The dreadful 14th century
- Renaissance men and Renaissance money : Learning and art in Italy and beyond
- Ghosts, monkeys, or Confucius : Learning as power in Ming China
- Black and white and read all over : The printing press
- Luther, Loyola, mobs and massacres : The Protestant and Catholic reformations
- "Astonishing," "Magnificent," Great" : Rulers and religion in Europe and Asia
- Guts, gain, and glory : Powerful monarchs in England and Africa
- "Everything the world has to offer" : City life
- Sik and spices : Travel and trade in the Mediterranean Sea
- "Columbia" or "America"? Names and fame in a "New World"
- Sailors, sugar, and slaves : How European voyages changed Asia and Africa
- Germs, silver, and blood : New World conquests and global connections
- Isbn
- 9780195176728
- Label
- An age of voyages, 1350-1600
- Title
- An age of voyages, 1350-1600
- Statement of responsibility
- Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book provides coverage of the political, cultural, and social history of the world from 1350 to 1600. Contact among regions of the world expanded through trade networks, enabling a transferal of knowledge and culture between western and eastern societies. With a strong focus on the Renaissance, Reformation, and Ming China, the text comes from ordinary people, travelers, bureaucrats, children, housewives, poets, and religious thinkers."--Supplied by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wiesner, Merry E.
- Dewey number
- 909/.5
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D202.8
- LC item number
- .W45 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Medieval & early modern world
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- History, Modern
- Middle Ages
- Label
- An age of voyages, 1350-1600, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Disease and disaster : The dreadful 14th century -- Renaissance men and Renaissance money : Learning and art in Italy and beyond -- Ghosts, monkeys, or Confucius : Learning as power in Ming China -- Black and white and read all over : The printing press -- Luther, Loyola, mobs and massacres : The Protestant and Catholic reformations -- "Astonishing," "Magnificent," Great" : Rulers and religion in Europe and Asia -- Guts, gain, and glory : Powerful monarchs in England and Africa -- "Everything the world has to offer" : City life -- Sik and spices : Travel and trade in the Mediterranean Sea -- "Columbia" or "America"? Names and fame in a "New World" -- Sailors, sugar, and slaves : How European voyages changed Asia and Africa -- Germs, silver, and blood : New World conquests and global connections
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 189 p.
- Isbn
- 9780195176728
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004021178
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), col. maps
- System control number
-
- ocm56493650
- (OCoLC)56493650
- Label
- An age of voyages, 1350-1600, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Disease and disaster : The dreadful 14th century -- Renaissance men and Renaissance money : Learning and art in Italy and beyond -- Ghosts, monkeys, or Confucius : Learning as power in Ming China -- Black and white and read all over : The printing press -- Luther, Loyola, mobs and massacres : The Protestant and Catholic reformations -- "Astonishing," "Magnificent," Great" : Rulers and religion in Europe and Asia -- Guts, gain, and glory : Powerful monarchs in England and Africa -- "Everything the world has to offer" : City life -- Sik and spices : Travel and trade in the Mediterranean Sea -- "Columbia" or "America"? Names and fame in a "New World" -- Sailors, sugar, and slaves : How European voyages changed Asia and Africa -- Germs, silver, and blood : New World conquests and global connections
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 189 p.
- Isbn
- 9780195176728
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004021178
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), col. maps
- System control number
-
- ocm56493650
- (OCoLC)56493650
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