Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history #6

Prelude : philosophical tennis through the ages -- Introduction : dress rehearsals for permanent change -- New Worlds for old : innovations on sea and land -- The invention of human beauty : and the end of medieval piety -- New thoughts for new worlds : deviant monks -- Reformation : Luther steps forward -- Intermission : Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (the good, the bad, and the ugly) : a portfolio of egos -- Protestant pictures : and other northern images -- Christian vs. Christian : the turns of the screw -- Human love : how to live on this earth -- Postlude : hope and regret

Discusses the Renaissance and Reformation from the late fourteenth through the early seventeenth centuries, explaining how the period's artistic and scientific innovations changed the Western world