15th Century

The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian years 1401 to 1500.

In European history, the 15th century is seen as the bridge between the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the Early modern period. It is the period of the Ming Dynasty in China and the Inca and Aztec Empires in the Americas.

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Fiction Set in 15th Century
77 books — 50 voters
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Middle Grade Renaissance
38 books — 3 voters

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The Princes in the Tower
14 books — 1 voter
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YA & Middle Grade Tudor Fiction
128 books — 46 voters

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Dorothy Dunnett
And across the water, you would swear you could sniff it all; the cinnamon and the cloves, the frankincense and the honey and the licorice, the nutmeg and citrons, the myrrh and the rosewater from Persia in keg upon keg. You would think you could glimpse, heaped and glimmering, the sapphires and the emeralds and the gauzes woven with gold, the ostrich feathers and the elephant tusks, the gums and the ginger and the coral buttons mynheer Goswin the clerk of the Hanse might be wearing on his jacke ...more
Dorothy Dunnett, Niccolò Rising