The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe Medieval

The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe MedievalA lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutalitya brilliant reflection of humanity itself. The word medieval conjures images of the Dark Agescenturies of ignorance, superstition, stasis, savagery, and poor hygiene. But the myth of darkness obscures the truth; this was a remarkable period in human history. The Bright

Rasputin as the Knight of Cups

Vanderbilt's Fifth Avenue residence

As Nici notes

to learn a person’s personality

draw me a sheep

Feeling starry-eyed

Marks of ownership—be it a rich treasure binding or a humble family inscription—shine a light on social history and literacy

for fifty-seven years they shared a home on East Nineteenth Street and a country house

• Where's the best place to sell my art

Thérèse practices on a small one at home and dreams of becoming a royal weaver someday

when he was not yet forty one

Years before his 1832 trip to North Africa