Renaissance
Humanism, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Shakespeare and the new science's first stirrings.
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The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1513On 9 lists
Michel de Montaigne EssaysEssaysMichel de Montaigne · 1580-1595On 7 listsThe Great BooksHamletWilliam ShakespeareHamletWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1600On 6 listsThe Great BooksDiscourses on the First Ten Books of LivyNiccolò MachiavelliNiccolò Machiavelli Discourses on the First Ten Books of LivyDiscourses on the First Ten Books of LivyNiccolò Machiavelli · c. 1513On 5 listsThe Great BooksOn the Freedom of a ChristianMartin LutherOn the Freedom of a ChristianMartin Luther · 1520On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe Praise of FollyDesiderius ErasmusThe Praise of FollyDesiderius Erasmus · 1511On 3 lists
UtopiaThomas More · 1516On 3 listsThe Great BooksConcerning Governmental AuthorityMartin LutherConcerning Governmental AuthorityMartin Luther · 1523On 3 lists
John Calvin Institutes of the Christian ReligionInstitutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin · 1536On 3 listsThe Great BooksOn the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresNicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus On the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresOn the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresNicolaus Copernicus · 1543On 3 listsThe Great BooksRichard IIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 3 listsThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 1William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 3 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Faerie QueeneEdmund SpenserEdmund Spenser The Faerie QueeneThe Faerie QueeneEdmund Spenser · 1590-1596On 2 listsThe Great BooksAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareAs You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1599On 2 lists
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 2 lists
On the Loadstone and Magnetic BodiesWilliam Gilbert · 1600On 2 lists
The Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan · 1405On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imitation of ChristThomas à KempisThe Imitation of ChristThomas à Kempis · c. 1418-1427On 1 listThe Great BooksLe Morte d'ArthurThomas MaloryThomas Malory Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469On 1 listThe Great BooksNotebooksLeonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci NotebooksNotebooksLeonardo da Vinci · c. 1478-1519On 1 listThe Great BooksTraditional BalladsAnonymousTraditional BalladsAnonymous · c. 1300-1700On 1 listThe Great BooksEl RequerimientoCouncil of CastileEl RequerimientoCouncil of Castile · 1513On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Ninety-Five ThesesMartin LutherThe Ninety-Five ThesesMartin Luther · 1517On 1 listThe Great BooksTwo Kinds of RighteousnessMartin LutherTwo Kinds of RighteousnessMartin Luther · 1519On 1 listThe Great BooksThree TreatisesMartin LutherThree TreatisesMartin Luther · 1520On 1 listThe Great BooksTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin LutherTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin Luther · 1520On 1 listThe Great BooksPreface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the RomansMartin LutherPreface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the RomansMartin Luther · 1522On 1 listThe Great BooksFriendly Admonition to Peace Concerning the Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsMartin LutherFriendly Admonition to Peace Concerning the Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsMartin Luther · 1525On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian PeasantsThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian Peasants · 1525On 1 list
On the American IndiansFrancisco de Vitoria · 1539On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam RoperThe Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam Roper · c. 1556On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini · 1558On 1 listThe Great BooksTable-TalkMartin LutherTable-TalkMartin Luther · 1531On 1 listThe Great BooksA Description of Elizabethan EnglandWilliam HarrisonA Description of Elizabethan EnglandWilliam Harrison · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Interior CastleTeresa of ÁvilaThe Interior CastleTeresa of Ávila · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Defense of PoesyPhilip SidneyThe Defense of PoesyPhilip Sidney · c. 1580On 1 listThe Great BooksJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise ParéJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise Paré · 1585On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksDoctor FaustusChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 listThe Great BooksEdward the SecondChristopher MarloweEdward the SecondChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 list
The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1590-1592On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam ShakespeareThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1594On 1 listThe Great BooksEpithalamionEdmund SpenserEpithalamionEdmund Spenser · 1595On 1 list
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 1 list
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 listThe Great BooksProthalamionEdmund SpenserProthalamionEdmund Spenser · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 list
The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 2William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 2William Shakespeare · c. 1597-1598On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry VWilliam ShakespeareHenry VWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1598-1599On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Shoemaker's HolidayThomas DekkerThe Shoemaker's HolidayThomas Dekker · 1599On 1 list