A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age

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pp. 322, b/w illustrations, paperback edition .”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.”

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ISBN 0316545562
ISBN13 9780316545563
Number of pages 322
Original Title A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
Published Date 1993
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Boston
Edition Seventh
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pp. 322, b/w illustrations, paperback edition .”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.”

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Weight 1 kg