Review of Ada Palmer's "Inventing the Renaissance" — Challenging Golden Age Myths

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A review of Ada Palmer's book "Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age," which challenges traditional narratives about the Renaissance period. The article discusses how Palmer's work, written under the constraint of chronic illness preventing archival travel, reexamines the myths surrounding the Renaissance as a golden age of rebirth and progress. The review explores the book's arguments about how our modern understanding of the Renaissance has been shaped by later interpretations and agendas.

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