The Gilded not Golden Renaissance - Read all about it in Inventing the Renaissance on sale by UChicago Press reposted by Zruth Paget

Ada Palmer’s Inventing the Renaissance discusses the myth of the Renaissance and its darker side in this debunking book on sale now by the University of Chicago Press.

Information about Inventing the Renaissance and purchase details follow:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo246135916.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Inventing%20the%20Renaissance&utm_campaign=Reader%27s%20Picks%20May%202026

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Game

-developer of food and beverage games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Misdion, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games