The awakening a history of the western mind AD 500-1700
A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed the fall of the Roman empire in the West. A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London
Head of Zeus
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | AnApollo Book
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed the fall of the Roman empire in the West. A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the ruins of the Roman Empire. The process of preservation of surviving texts, fragile at first, was strengthened under the Christian empire founded by Charlemagne in the eighth century; later, during the High Middle Ages, universities were founded and the study of philosophy was revived |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 803 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten (teilweise farbig) |
| ISBN: | 9781789545623 978-1-78954-562-3 |