{"product_id":"the-verge-reformation-renaissance-and-forty-years-that-shook-the-world-9781538701195","title":"The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe creator of the hit podcast series \u003ci\u003eTides of History \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Fall of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the bestselling tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Swerve \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Distant Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Verge\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history. Here, author Patrick Wyman examines two complementary and contradictory sides of the same historical coin: the world-altering implications of the developments of printed mass media, extreme taxation, exploitative globalization, humanistic learning, gunpowder warfare, and mass religious conflict in the long term, and their intensely disruptive consequences in the short-term. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs told through the lives of ten real people--from famous figures like Christopher Columbus and wealthy banker Jakob Fugger to a ruthless small-time merchant and a one-armed mercenary captain--\u003ci\u003eThe Verge\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how their lives, and the times in which they lived, set the stage for an unprecedented globalized future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver an intense forty-year period, the seeds for the so-called \"Great Divergence\" between Western Europe and the rest of the globe would be planted. From Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to Martin Luther's sparking the Protestant Reformation, the foundations of our own, recognizably modern world came into being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the past 500 years, historians, economists, and the policy-oriented have argued which of these individual developments best explains the West's rise from backwater periphery to global dominance. As \u003ci\u003eThe Verge\u003c\/i\u003e presents it, however, the answer is far more nuanced. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Wyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.53w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538701195","brand":"Twelve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709341405321,"sku":"9781538701195","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b7c83dbe-0010-4176-baee-c95a779927c7.jpg?v=1719514264","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-verge-reformation-renaissance-and-forty-years-that-shook-the-world-9781538701195","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}