Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Subtitle: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
Series: The hinges of history ; v. 5
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Published: October 24, 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780385495554
Notes: Also published in paperback by Anchor Publishing under the title Mysteries of the Middle Ages and the Beginning of the Modern World.
Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (2006); some printings are called Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginnings of the Modern World (2006) - Wikipedia.
Table of contents: title: A Chaucerian invitation; title: Alexandria: city of reason : the great confluence; title: Rome: crossroads of the world : how the Romans become the Italians; title: Bingen & Chartres, gardens enclosed : the cult of the virgin and its consequences; title: Aquitaine & Assisi, courts of love : the pursuit of love and its consequences; title: Entrances to other worlds : the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Atlantic; title: Paris, university of heavenly things : the exaltation of reason and its consequences; title: Oxford, university of earthly things : the alchemists quest and its consequences; title: Padua, chapel of flesh : the artist's experiment and its consequences; title: Florence, dome of light : the poet's dream and its consequences; title: Ravenna, city of death : the politician's emptiness and its consequences; title: Love in the ruins : a Dantesque reflection