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This book attempts to cover a lot of ground. However, several things in the book made me suspicious of the reliability of the information. For instance, Manchester references the events of the Pie...more...]]> 4482500 261013 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 5 2 false Mon Aug 13 11:10:43 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:00:06 -0800 2009 really sucked...more...]]> 62779685 1274380 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 2 1 false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:00:55 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:57:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38866413 202061 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 5 1 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 08:58:42 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 09:20:17 -0800 2008 Once
Manchester pulls no punches and leaves no stone unturned when it comes to the corruption of the Papal church, its policies of granting indulgences for a price and how the ...more...]]> 11671446 332276 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 5 1 false Fri Jan 04 18:14:18 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 05:53:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4064336 252495 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 4 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Aug 04 05:18:45 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 05:21:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 8379571 585660 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 4 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 29 06:59:36 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 07:08:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 6201415 161940 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 4 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Sep 14 10:02:56 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 10:06:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65746204 546062 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 05:14:04 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 05:18:21 -0700 2009
It started off as a background research project for a foreword for another book on Magellan's circumnavigation. The author got so interested in the history behind how that trip became possible that he wrote this book!

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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his ex...more...]]> 79268950 2413336 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 3 0 false Sat Nov 28 22:59:34 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 22:59:55 -0800 2009


Firstly I must admit that I have very little knowledge of the Renaissance (I found it a boring subject at school!) but I found this book to be a very interesting and entertaining account of that period. The author makes clear at the start of the book that it was not going to ...more...]]> 25168912 71017 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 4 1 false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 22 21:09:51 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 07:31:51 -0800 2008 40659533 964148 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 4 0 false Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Mon Dec 22 04:24:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 04:24:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 79767077 2940974 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 5 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:04:43 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 06:51:40 -0800 2009
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However, it is a good gloss of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, ...more...]]> 33022530 1223795 19802 0316545562 9780316545563 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760m/19802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258846760s/19802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19802.A_World_Lit_Only_by_Fire_The_Medieval_Mind_and_the_Renaissance_Portrait_of_an_Age 3.78 957 1992 5 1 false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:20:34 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 15:31:34 -0700 2008 1 so far more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24268