An edition of A World Lit Only by Fire (1991)

World Lit Only by Fire

The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age

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World Lit Only by Fire
William Manchester
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An edition of A World Lit Only by Fire (1991)

World Lit Only by Fire

The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age

by

  • ★★★ 3.25 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 34 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark Ages.

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Publisher
Tandem Library
Language
English

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Subjects
Renaissance, Learning and scholarship, History, History (Europe), Middle ages, history, end of the middle ages, Mittelalter, Middle Ages, Middle ages
People
Erasmus, Henry VIII
Places
London
Times
Medieval, 500-1500, renaissance

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Cover of: A world lit only by fire
A world lit only by fire: the medieval mind and the Renaissance
1994, Papermac
in English
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Cover of: World Lit Only by Fire
World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
June 1993, Tandem Library
Unknown Binding in English
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Cover of: A World Lit Only by Fire
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance
June 1, 1993, Back Bay Books
Paperback in English - Reprint edition
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Cover of: A World Lit Only by Fire
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance
1993, Macmillan, Little, Brown
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: A world lit only by fire
A world lit only by fire: the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age
1993, Little, Brown
in English - 1st paperback ed.
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Cover of: A world lit only by fire
A world lit only by fire: the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age
1992, Little, Brown
in English - 1st ed.
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"THE DENSEST of the medieval centuries-the six hundred years between, roughly, A.D. 400 and A.D. 1000-are still widely known as the Dark Ages."

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OL9395611M
ISBN 10
1417707690
ISBN 13
9781417707690
OCLC/WorldCat
303069563

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