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Title:
A Distant Mirror
Subtitle:
The Calamitous 14th Century
Genre:
History
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Subgenre:
Medieval History
Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
1st
Printing:
11th
Narrative:
Third Person
Type of Book:
Non-Fiction
Number of Pages:
677
Number of Chapters:
27
Date Added:
2018-06-26 15:52:32
Synopsis:
A “marvelous history” of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August
The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight—in all his valor and “furious follies,” a “terrible worm in an iron cocoon.”
The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight—in all his valor and “furious follies,” a “terrible worm in an iron cocoon.”
Author:
Barbara W. Tuchman
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Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Barcode:
9780394400266
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
Saddle Brook, NJ
Publication Year:
1978
Copyright Year:
1978
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York
Has Dustcover:
Yes
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$6.69
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-11
Date Added:
2018-06-26 15:52:32
