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The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700

By Charles Freeman

Book information

Publisher
Apollo
Year
2020
ISBN
1789545625, 9781789545623
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
69 MB (72476809 bytes)
Pages
640\0
Topic
History
Time added
2020-08-15 21:27:03

Description

The Reopening of the Western Mind amounts to nothing less than a history of European ideas over the vast period AD 500 to AD 1700 – from the twilight of Antiquity to the dawn of the Enlightenment. Charles Freeman traces the rebirth of European thought in the broadest possible sense, his agenda embracing political thought, philosophy and theology as well as art and literature. His account is informed by the latest scholarly thinking in all these areas, but manages to weave the many strands of Europe's intellectual development across the Medieval and Early Modern eras into a coherent and readable narrative that moves forward at a smart pace. This is an ambitious but accessible history of the evolution of the modern world.

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