A World lit only by fire - The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age
by Manchester, William
pub. by Little. Brown Co. - 1992 isbn 0316545317
index - 320p. - - history
Another
very readable work on Western history. This one covering the end of the
Medieval and beginning of the Renaissance. Manchester is not an expert
in this time period. His expertise is in more modern history nontheless
his approach is fresh and very readable This was another terrible time
for the western world which civilization lived through. If you read
this book start at the very beginning and read the preface forward etc.
before launching into the rest of the book.
Read this after reading Barbara Tuchman - A Distant Mirror.
~1996~
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