A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age / William Manchester.

Author
Manchester, William, 1922-2004 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Published/​Created
Boston : Little, Brown, ©1993.
Description
xvii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

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Stokes Library - Wallace Hall (SPIA) CB369 .M36 1993 Browse related items Request

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    "From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth--the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains--the Renaissance"--Page 4 of cover
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-306) and index.
    Contents
    • List of Illustrations
    • List of Maps
    • Chronology
    • Author's Note
    • The Medieval Mind
    • The Shattering
    • One Man Alone
    • Acknowledgments and Sources.
    ISBN
    • 0316545562
    • 9780316545563
    • 0316545317
    • 9780316545310
    LCCN
    91039928
    OCLC
    28314213
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