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A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age
- Title
- A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age / William Manchester.
- Author
- Manchester, William, 1922-2004.
- Publication
- Boston : Little, Brown, ©1993.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-1418 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-1418
- ISBN
- 0316545562
- 9780316545563
- 0316545317
- 9780316545310
- LCCN
- 91039928
- OCLC
- 28314213
- Author
- Manchester, William, 1922-2004.
- Title
- A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age / William Manchester.
- Imprint
- Boston : Little, Brown, ©1993.
- Edition
- 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-1418