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Historian Thomas Cahill brings the Middle Ages to life in an accessible synthesis of scholarship on history and art, revealing the period to be a very busy and colorful one, and putting to rest the inaccurate and pejorative term "the Dark Ages." Focusing on the central role of the Church in everyday lives, and the larger meanings that derived from that (including an elevation of the status of women), Cahill offers portraits of great figures in scholarship, mysticism, and science such as Augustine, Abelard, Hildegard of Bingen, and Roger Bacon.
He conveys the exciting pulse of life in key cities such as Rome, Paris, and London, and he underscores the importance of artists and writers like Giotto and Dante. Together, the advances in knowledge represented in religion, science, art and literature added up to civilization--to which Cahill is a lively and reliable popular guide. Illustrated.
| Size | | Height: | 6.3 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
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