A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age by William Manchester

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age

William Manchester

322 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for nar...

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