A Distant Mirror : The Calamitous 14th Century
(2006)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2006
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EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (28hr., 38 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781982401627 MWT10027945, 1982401621 10027945
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Nadia May
The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague. Barbara Tuchman reveals the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as she examines everything from political assassinations, sea battles, corruption, satire and humor, sorcery and demonology, to lawyers, tax collectors, scholars, grocers, knights, and lust and sadism on the stage
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