THE INIMITABLE THOMAS CAHILL TURNS HIS EYE ON THE DAWN OFTHE MODERN WESTERN WORLD IN THIS INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN EXPLORATION OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE, THE FIFTH BOOK IN HIS ACCLAIMED HINGES OF HISTORY SERIES.
List of Illustrations
A CHAUCERIAN INVITATION
PRELUDE: ALEXANDRIA,
CITY OF REASON
The Great Confluence
INTRODUCTION: ROME,
CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD
How the Romans
Became the Italians
ONE: BINGEN AND CHARTRES,
GARDENS ENCLOSED
The Cult of the Virgin
and Its Consequences
TWO: AQUITAINE AND ASSISI,
COURTS OF LOVE
The Pursuit of Love and
Its Consequences
INTERMEZZO: ENTRANCES
TO OTHER WORLDS
The Mediterranean, the Orient,
and the Atlantic
THREE: PARIS, UNIVERSITY OF
HEAVENLY THINGS
The Exaltation of Reason
and Its Consequences
FOUR: OXFORD, UNIVERSITY OF
EARTHLY THINGS
The Alchemist's Quest and
Its Consequences
FIVE: PADUA, CHAPEL OF FLESH
The Artist's Experiment and
Its Consequences
SIX: FLORENCE, DOME OF LIGHT
The Poet's Dream and
Its Consequences
EVEN: RAVENNA, CITY OF DEATH
The Politician's Emptiness and
Its Consequences
POSTLUDE:
LOVE IN THE RUINS
A Dantesque Reflection
Notes and Sources
Acknowledgments
Permissions Acknowledgments
Photography Credits
Index