A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance
Manchester, William, 1922-20041993
Book
Tells of the collapse of the Dark Ages - the deadened and superstitious medieval mind dragged into the light of the Renaissance. Portraits of major figures of the era include Leonardo da Vinci, Lucrezia Borgia, Ferdinand, Galileo, Magellan, Luther, Michelangelo and Henry VIII.
Main title:
A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance / William Manchester.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 1993, c1992.
Collation:
xiii,322p. : ill., maps,ports. ; 25cm.
Notes:
Originally published, Boston : Little Brown & Co., 1992.Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1992.Bibliography: p299-306. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780333586020
Dewey class:
940.21940.1
Language:
English
BRN:
533488