Jacques Barzun Audio & Video

From one of the world's greatest living historians comes an incomparable, detailed account of our history since 1500, from what Western man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation to the present day.

From one of the world's greatest living historians comes an incomparable, detailed account of our history since 1500, from what Western man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation to the present day.

Highly regarded here and abroad for some 30 works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500.

Highly regarded here and abroad for some 30 works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500.

Jacques Barzun was born in France in 1907 and emigrated to the United States in 1920. He was a history professor at Columbia University and, later, Dean of Faculties and Provost.