1976
English
The Flowering of the Middle Ages
The Flowering of the Middle Ages
ABOUT
The flowering of the Middle Ages is an authoritative account of one of the most brilliant civilizations the world has known. The reader is presented with a complete description of the manuscripts, buildings, and treasures of the Middle Ages with all the resources of modern scholarship.
It is through the pictures that the new historical method comes into its own. The 303 illustrations, 93 of which are in color, are all authentic documents of the time, used not merely as illustrations but as an interpretation, as a medium for entering the past. Illuminated manuscriptions from libraries all over the world have been slected and photographed (many in color for the first time); the regalia of medival kings; relics venereated by the pilgrims; great cathedrals whose splendor, though dimmed and wasted, still shines out irresistibly - all these are now combined in a unique volume that has become a standared work on the life and thought of the Middle Ages.
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