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

William Manchester

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 322

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Release: June 01, 1993

ISBN: 0316545562

ISBN 13: 9780316545563

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

William Manchester

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 322

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Release: June 01, 1993

ISBN: 0316545562

ISBN 13: 9780316545563

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