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A review by corabookworm
When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe by Maureen Quilligan
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This book was really good! I liked the easy-to-follow writing style and the information was super interesting. I also liked the inclusion and analysis of all the art pieces, though to maximize that experience it would probably be better to read a print copy rather than a digital one. The organization was a little frustrating to me, because it didn’t move chronologically or focus on one queen at a time, rather it jumped down random rabbit holes. I also didn’t like the inclusion of Phillip II at the end, because it felt like it went into way more depth about his accomplishments than those of the queens, which was the whole point of the book! And the authors reasoning was basically “he was a bigger ruler I had to talk about him!” But otherwise I really enjoyed this book. It was fun to read while watching the TV show Reign, even though I’m now bugged by the historical inaccuracies lol