Inviting the reader to go on a medieval pilgrimage to encounter people and places before unknown up, Thomas Cahill's Mysteries of the Middle Ages portrays the vices, values, and ideals of Middle Ages society with brilliant wit. Beginning with Alexandria as the birthplace of the mores that would come to influence the medieval world, and ending with the high Middle Ages, discover the beginnings of the rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science. Colorful chapter introductions, timelines, maps, and calligraphic footnotes evoke the ancient methods of creating texts with hand-detailed illustrations. 343 pages with index, softcover.
