Mysteries of the Middle Ages : the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Eur...
Mysteries of the Middle Ages : the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Eur...
Mysteries of the Middle Ages : the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe / Thomas Cahill.
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New York : N.A. Talese, c2006.
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N909.07/50
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English
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343 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
A Chaucerian invitation -- Alexandria: city of reason : the great confluence -- Rome: crossroads of the world : how the Romans become the Italians -- Bingen & Chartres, gardens enclosed : the cult of the virgin and its consequences -- Aquitaine & Assisi, courts of love : the pursuit of love and its...
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Publisher
New York : N.A. Talese, c2006.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. On visits to the great cities of Europe--monumental Rome; the intellectually explosive Paris...
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages : the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe / Thomas Cahill.
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The hinges of history ; v. 5.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2006.
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N909.07/50
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74VKJAex2zlg
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9780385495554
0385495552
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909.07
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991022262629702626
