| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
343 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The hinges of history ; v. 5
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Cahill, Thomas.
Hinges of history ; v. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-326) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval. |
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Women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
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Science, Medieval.
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Science, Medieval. |
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Art, Medieval.
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Art, Medieval. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| ISBN |
0385495552 |
| Standard No. |
9780385495554 |
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