Monday, April 5, 2010

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


  • Tan and brown hardcover with beautiful jacket of colors of black, tan and scene.

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William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark Ages.Amazon.com Review
It speaks to the failure of medieval Europe, writes popular historian William Manchester, that "in the year 1500, after a thousand years of neglect, the roads built by the Romans were still the best on the continent." European powers were so absorbed in destroying each other and in suppressing peasant revolts... More >>

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

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