TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cahill,Thomas
TI  - Mysteries of the Middle Ages: the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe 
T2  - The hinges of history
SN  - 0385495552
U1  - 909.07 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - N.A. Talese
KW  - Civilization, Medieval
KW  - Women
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Middle Ages, 500-1500
KW  - Science, Medieval
KW  - Art, Medieval
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A Chaucerian invitation -- Alexandria: city of reason : the great confluence -- Rome: crossroads of the world : how the Romans become the Italians -- Bingen & Chartres, gardens enclosed : the cult of the virgin and its consequences -- Aquitaine & Assisi, courts of love : the pursuit of love and its consequences -- Entrances to other worlds : the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Atlantic -- Paris, university of heavenly things : the exaltation of reason and its consequences -- Oxford, university of earthly things : the alchemists quest and its consequences -- Padua, chapel of flesh : the artist's experiment and its consequences -- Florence, dome of light : the poet's dream and its consequences -- Ravenna, city of death : the politician's emptiness and its consequences -- Love in the ruins : a Dantesque reflection; cse
N2  - After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. On visits to the great cities of Europe--monumental Rome; the intellectually explosive Paris of Peter Abelard and Thomas Aquinas; the hotbed of scientific study that was Oxford; and the incomparable Florence of Dante and Giotto--Cahill captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world.--From publisher description
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