The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities by Violet Moller

The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities

Violet Moller

343 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean cities and survived to fuel the revival of the Renaissan...

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