Good Renaissance Books - Historicals and Fiction

[Libby Stella]

I've looked for a topic like this, but I can't seem to find any.

What are some good reads for Medieval/Renaissance time period?

Historical fictions are fine, but looking more for really interesting historical truths? I really don't know how to describe it, I am just hungry for more information on the time period.

[Toki Bloodaxe]

Hi, LIbby. I have written about a few of the books that I have read concerning medieval and renaissance topics. You can check some of my previous posts on this for some specific titles. " The Renaissance" is a big plate to choose from and there are many aspects and histories to look at. One way to start might be with a History of Renaissance Art- the peole and places that the works of art orriginated from and the varius time periods involved. It is a long, complicated process, but well worth it, I assure you.

[Capt Gabriela Fullpepper]

If you want Biographies, All the books by Allison Weir are great. My first was the Six Wives of Henry the VIII, Also the Children of Henry the VIII was good. Richard Starkey is another author to look to and that way you get a different view on the same people. Startky's book Elizabeth the I offers up the sociological side of who she was. A must read if you ask me.

Allison Weir has some great books on the Medieval time frame of leaders such as The War of the Roses, Princes in the Tower, Ellenor of Aquitaine.

So I'd start there.

[CountessofPhoenix]

Phillipa Gregory who several fiction accounts of the Tudors including "Constant Princess" about Katherine of Aragon, "The Other Boleyn Girl", and "The Virgin's Lover"

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Iffins ya ain't spoilt it by seein' the movie," The Name of the Rose" be 800+ pages 'o historical fiction. Goes much deeper than the movie. Umberto Eco done writ it.