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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.
Book Details
- Publisher: Random House Trade
- Publish Date: Jul 12nd, 1987
- Pages: 784
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 1.70in - 1.35lb
- EAN: 9780345349576
- Categories: • Europe - Medieval• Social History• Western Europe - General
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"There has been much scholarly ink under the bridge since Tuchman wrote this account of Europe at its most wondrous and tormented, but somehow no one since has conjured the mood and the contradictions of that moment with the same vividness — the terrible weather, the decadent feasts, the relentless cruelty, the longing for divine mercy."
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Praise for this book
"A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer."--The Wall Street Journal
"Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great historical tradition."--Commentary
What people are saying
"There has been much scholarly ink under the bridge since Tuchman wrote this account of Europe at its most wondrous and tormented, but somehow no one since has conjured the mood and the contradictions of that moment with the same vividness — the terrible weather, the decadent feasts, the relentless cruelty, the longing for divine mercy."
I"m just here to help. Please consider donating to my Go Fund Me site to help with huge medical & dental bills. Thanks in advance! https://t.co/MaTby1DZL5
“When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.” ― Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century