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Mentioned in 6 episodes

Inventing the Renaissance

Book • 2025

Mentioned by

Ellie Cawthorne

Vas Christodoulou

Commander Zander

Mentioned in 6 episodes

Mentioned by

Dwarkesh Patel

as the guest

Ada Palmer

's book that the episode discusses and draws examples from.

Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer

Recommended by

Ezra Klein

as a fantastic book offering a different perspective on the Renaissance.

129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein)

Recommended by

Ellie Cawthorne

as a book that goes into the complexities of the Renaissance era.

The Renaissance: not such a golden age?

Mentioned by Dan McDonald as a history of histories of the Renaissance, which looks really mesmerizing.

Books in the Box V

Mentioned by

Vas Christodoulou

as a myth-busting history of the Renaissance.

Historian and Novelist Ada Palmer - Was the Renaissance Really a Golden Age?

Mentioned by

C. Derick Varn

as a 600+ page book that explores historiographic debates and contemporary understandings of politics.

Renaissance Without the Myth with Ada Palmer

Mentioned by

Jana Byars

as a new book by

Ada Palmer

, discussing how history is written and used.

Ada Palmer, "Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Mentioned by the speaker in the introduction as a book by Ada Palmer.

"Ada Palmer: Inventing the Renaissance" by Martin Sustrik

Mentioned by

Ezra Klein

while discussing the Renaissance.

Ross Douthat on Trump, Mysticism and Psychedelics

Mentioned by

Commander Zander

as a pop history book that gave him a lot of new perspectives.

″‘Inventing the Renaissance’ Review” by Commander Zander

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