A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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Published 1987 (704 pages)
Tagged as Long (2), Engaging (2).
Added by Dan Frankowski on July 22, 2010 12:00:00 AM
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Club voting 4 (1 votes)
Club rating 4 (2 ratings)
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Summary
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.
This book was picked for two meetings. Part 1 of the book for Meeting:September 2010, picked by Dan and Erik picked part 2 for Meeting:October 2010.
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