Mysteries of the Middle Ages : the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe / Thomas Cahill.
2006
CB351 .C22 2006 (Mapit)
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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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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0385495552
9780385495554
0385495560
9780385495561
9780385495554
0385495560
9780385495561
Publication Details
New York : N.A. Talese, ©2006.
Language
English
Description
343 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Item Number
9780385495554
99815028436
99815028436
Call Number
CB351 .C22 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
909.07
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 of Peter Abelard and Thomas Aquinas; the hotbed of scientific study that was Oxford; and the incomparable Florence of Dante and Giotto--Cahill captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; v. 5.
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Table of 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 consequences
Entrances to other worlds : the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Atlantic
Paris, university of heavenly things : the exaltation of reason and its consequences
Oxford, university of earthly things : the alchemists quest and its consequences
Padua, chapel of flesh : the artist's experiment and its consequences
Florence, dome of light : the poet's dream and its consequences
Ravenna, city of death : the politician's emptiness and its consequences
Love in the ruins : a Dantesque reflection.
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 consequences
Entrances to other worlds : the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Atlantic
Paris, university of heavenly things : the exaltation of reason and its consequences
Oxford, university of earthly things : the alchemists quest and its consequences
Padua, chapel of flesh : the artist's experiment and its consequences
Florence, dome of light : the poet's dream and its consequences
Ravenna, city of death : the politician's emptiness and its consequences
Love in the ruins : a Dantesque reflection.