Suggested Reading Material

Elder John Runner

Book cover titled 'The Civilization of the Middle Ages' by Norman F. Cantor, featuring a grayscale image of medieval sculptures in the background.

1. Civilization of the Middle Ages

by Norman F. Cantor

Book cover for 'Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews' by James Carroll, featuring a medieval religious painting depicting scenes of biblical figures and a throne room.

2. Constantine's Sword:
The Church and the Jews, A History

by James Carroll

A painting depicting historical figures in traditional attire, engaged in conversation beneath an archway with a domed building in the background, and the text "The Church of Rome at the Bar of History" at the bottom.

3. The Church of Rome at the Bar of History

by William Webster

Book cover for 'The House of Medicine: Its Rise and Fall' by Christopher Hibbert, featuring decorative artwork with cherubs and intricate patterns.

4. The House of Medici

by Christopher Hibbert

A book cover featuring a close-up of Michelangelo's David sculpture with the title 'Michelangelo' at the top.

5. Michelangelo

by Howard Hibberd

Book cover titled 'Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling' by Ross King, featuring portraits of Michelangelo, a woman in a turban, and an elderly man with a long beard.

6. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

by Ross King

Book cover of 'Brunelleschi's Dome' by Ross King, featuring an image of Florence, Italy, with the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral (pink and green marble dome) in the background.

7. Brunelleschi's Dome:
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

by Ross King

Book cover featuring a portrait of Thomas Cranmer with a white beard and wearing traditional robes. The title is 'Thomas Cranmer' and it notes he was the winner of the 1996 Whitbread Biography Award. The author is Diarmaid MacCulloch.

8. Thomas Cranmer: A Life

by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Book cover of 'Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan' by Hugh Thomas. Features historic painting of Spanish explorers and indigenous people with ships on the water.

9. Rivers of Gold:
The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan

by Hugh Thomas

Book cover for "The Discoverers" by Daniel J. Boorstin, featuring an illustration of an astronomical chart, a tree, and a landscape with stars and a sun.

10. The Discoverers

by Daniel J. Boorstin

Book cover for "The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination" by Daniel J. Boorstin. Features a classical painting of a woman with a headwrap and yellow garment, reading or writing, with a young boy nearby.

11. The Creators

by Daniel J. Boorstin