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What Did Gutenberg Invent?Used with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Gutenberg is credited with having invented printing using movable type. It has been assumed that the process he invented around 1450 was the method that...  Read more : What Did Gutenberg Invent?

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Gutenberg The ManUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Gutenberg was a goldsmith from Mainz who never signed his work. But what do we know about the man and his life?  Read more : Gutenberg The Man

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Venice: A Second-Hand City?Production team

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Thomas Coryat described Venice as a city of opulence and wealth. But Patricia Allerston suggests that Venice was a second-hand city.  Read more : Venice: A Second-Hand City?

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Fashion in Renaissance VeniceUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Expensive fabrics were reused and refashioned many times to keep up with new styles - and records of rented clothing hint at how women were...  Read more : Fashion in Renaissance Venice

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Medicine in 14th Century VeniceUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Treatments were made from a variety of ingredients, both herbal and mineral. John Henderson has found evidence that treatment of the soul was as important...  Read more : Medicine in 14th Century Venice

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Secret of the Winter GardenUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

American art historian Claudia Swan travels from Krakow to Leiden on a mission to discover the secret of 1,800 priceless paintings hidden deep inside a...  Read more : Secret of the Winter Garden

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Riddle of the Dome - TransccriptUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Can the Renaissance Secrets team unravel the mysteries of Florence Cathedral's dome?  Read more : Riddle of the Dome - Transccript

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Feminist History And Women's historyProduction team

By Professor Anne Laurence (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Professor Anne Laurence explores women's role in the past in this article on feminist history.  Read more : Feminist History And Women's history

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Conspiring Against The QueenProduction team

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

In 1594 Roderigo Lopez was hung, drawn and quartered for trying to poison Queen Elizabeth I. Many historians have argued that he was framed -...  Read more : Conspiring Against The Queen

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The Italian Patient - Santa Maria NuovaUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

The poor received free treatment at hospitals, six senior doctors were employed and food and wine were served to patients - 14th Century Florence could...  Read more : The Italian Patient - Santa Maria Nuova

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