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I’m a historian specialising in Renaissance and Early Modern European history, especially but not exclusively of the Italian peninsula. I’m interested in the communication of history to wider publics, via fiction and non-fiction, on radio and TV, at heritage sites and beyond.
- catherine.fletcher@mmu.ac.uk
- Professor
Catherine Fletcher is a historian of Renaissance and early modern Europe and the author of several previous books, including most recently The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance, which was a Book of the Year (2020) in The Times.
Professor of History, Manchester Metropolitan University - Cited by 373 - Renaissance history - early modern European history
Catherine Fletcher is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University and currently Balsdon Fellow at the British School at Rome. She is the author of several books on early modern European history, most recently The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance (Vintage), published in Italian by Garzanti ...
Catherine Fletcher is a professor of history at Manchester Metropolitan University and the author of several books, including The Roads to Rome, a history of Europe through its ancient roads. She explores how the roads shaped the cultures, fates, and legacies of people across two thousand years of history.
Professor of History, Manchester Metropolitan University · Expert in early modern European history - particularly the Italian Renaissance and Tudor England. New book, Roads to Rome, coming June...
- The Manchester Metropolitan University
Nov 1, 2016 · In The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici, author and historian Catherine Fletcher has produced a detailed account of the short life of Alessandro’s short, remarkable life. Sometimes, it seems that, with history, whoever writes the best story wins. Is this true?
