Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Subtitle: the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe
By: Thomas Cahill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780385495554
Description: 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.