The Story Of Civilization: The Age Of Faith
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A monumental work of historical scholarship, The Age of Faith is the fourth volume in Will Durant's celebrated eleven-part series The Story of Civilization. This sweeping narrative chronicles the medieval world from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance, spanning roughly 325 to 1300 AD, with commanding detail and narrative breadth. Durant presents the rise of Christianity, the Byzantine Empire at its zenith, and the flowering of Islamic civilization as interconnected forces that shaped the spiritual and intellectual foundations of the modern world. Written with clarity and humanist conviction, the work argues that faith — in its many forms — was the defining engine of a thousand years of human culture, art, philosophy, and governance. An indispensable landmark of popular history, it remains one of the most ambitious and rewarding surveys of the medieval period ever written.
Author: Will Durant
Format: Hardback
Published: 1950, Simon & Schuster
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A monumental work of historical scholarship, The Age of Faith is the fourth volume in Will Durant's celebrated eleven-part series The Story of Civilization. This sweeping narrative chronicles the medieval world from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance, spanning roughly 325 to 1300 AD, with commanding detail and narrative breadth. Durant presents the rise of Christianity, the Byzantine Empire at its zenith, and the flowering of Islamic civilization as interconnected forces that shaped the spiritual and intellectual foundations of the modern world. Written with clarity and humanist conviction, the work argues that faith — in its many forms — was the defining engine of a thousand years of human culture, art, philosophy, and governance. An indispensable landmark of popular history, it remains one of the most ambitious and rewarding surveys of the medieval period ever written.