The Story Of Civilization: The Age Of Faith
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith is Volume 4 of Will Durant's monumental eleven-volume history series, chronicling the rise and dominance of religion across the medieval world from roughly 325 to 1300 AD. Durant presents an extraordinarily sweeping panorama of the medieval period, covering the development of Christianity, the birth and expansion of Islam, the persistence of Jewish culture under persecution, and the intellectual achievements of Byzantine and Islamic civilisations. Written with the clarity and narrative drive of a master storyteller, the work argues that faith was not merely a spiritual force but the organising principle of an entire civilisation — shaping art, philosophy, law, and politics alike. Drawing on decades of scholarship, Durant illustrates how the medieval world laid the intellectual and cultural foundations for the Renaissance and the modern era, making this an indispensable work for anyone seeking to understand the sweep of human history.
Author: Will Durant
Format: Hardback
Published: 1950, Simon & Schuster
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith is Volume 4 of Will Durant's monumental eleven-volume history series, chronicling the rise and dominance of religion across the medieval world from roughly 325 to 1300 AD. Durant presents an extraordinarily sweeping panorama of the medieval period, covering the development of Christianity, the birth and expansion of Islam, the persistence of Jewish culture under persecution, and the intellectual achievements of Byzantine and Islamic civilisations. Written with the clarity and narrative drive of a master storyteller, the work argues that faith was not merely a spiritual force but the organising principle of an entire civilisation — shaping art, philosophy, law, and politics alike. Drawing on decades of scholarship, Durant illustrates how the medieval world laid the intellectual and cultural foundations for the Renaissance and the modern era, making this an indispensable work for anyone seeking to understand the sweep of human history.