Screen LibraryMysteries of the Middle Ages：the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe
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N.A. Talese,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The hinges of history ; v. 5 |
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| Carrier Form: | 343 p.: col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0385495552 9780385495554 |
| Index Number: | K503 |
| CLC: | K503 |
| Call Number: | K503/C132 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 ar 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 |