Mysteries of the Middle Ages the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe
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--m...
| Main Author: | Cahill, Thomas. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
N.A. Talese,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: |
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.