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u/Eskoe ยท 2 pointsr/IWantToLearn

Much of my knowledge on the renaissance comes from electives I took at university, as well as a general interest in history that I supplemented with wikipedia, so I won't be a huge help.

That being said, if you're interested in a primary source on artists in Renaissance Italy, I'd recommend "Lives of the Artist". Also art related, but not a book, is the great BBC documentary "The Power of Art", I absolutely love it. Not sure if it's on DVD or not, but it's certainly available on the internet in less than legal ways.

For Leonardo da Vinci, who is extremely fascinating, your best bet would be his own notebooks. I think there's complete collections available, but there was something like 5,000 pages, so I assume they'd be pricey. A quick check shows this as being the best available option for selected pages. I've also picked this up, but haven't had much time to get too far. What I've read is interesting, though.

Is there any specific area you're interested in? Science, military, specific kings/countries? Time periods?

No books, but specific people that interest me you may want to read up on:

Robert Hooke (Curator of Experiments of the Royal Society, he played a massive, exceedingly under-looked role in it's success. He essentially came up with 15 brand new experiments weekly that the society would participate in. He played a massive role in early microscopy, was an assistant to Boyle who essentially built and tested Boyle's air pump. He discovered an important law of elasticity, presented his own theory of gravity to Newton in letters before Newton's actual discovery of gravity, and assisted in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire, as Chief Surveyor of the city. Unfortunately, he's very unknown to most people because he got in fights with Newton, who proceeded to destroy almost every portrait of Hooke and banned him being discussed when Newton became President of the society).

Kepler is also a very interesting renaissance scientist, who contributed a lot and was an early adopter of Copernicus' theory. Very tragic life, too.

Thomas More and Machiavelli are, obviously, incredibly fascinating.

Francis Bacon who essentially, a long with a few others, came up with the scientific method, despite not being a scientist (he was a lawyer).

Thomas Marlowe, English playwright and a rival of Shakespeare's, most famous work is Doctor Faustus. There are some theories that he was also a spy. Very interesting man.

King Henry VIII is also very fascinating, in my opinion. He was actually a very well educated and intelligent man.

The Medici's are all exceedingly interesting. You'll easily be able to find a ton of information on them.

I'd also suggest going to r/books and r/history and asking them for any recommendations. Good luck :)