{"id":1400,"date":"2024-09-01T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T21:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-bright-ages-a-new-history-of-medieval-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T21:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T21:22:20","slug":"the-bright-ages-a-new-history-of-medieval-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-bright-ages-a-new-history-of-medieval-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPrice: $9.99<\/span>
(as of Sep 01, 2024 21:22:24 UTC – Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

“The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come\u2026.The Bright Ages\u00a0is a rare thing\u2014a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.\u201d\u2014Slate<\/p>\n

“Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating.” \u2014The Boston Globe<\/p>\n

A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality\u2014a brilliant reflection of humanity itself.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cmedieval\u201d conjures images of the \u201cDark Ages\u201d\u2014centuries 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 Ages recasts the European Middle Ages for what it was, capturing this 1,000-year era in all its complexity and fundamental humanity, bringing to light both its beauty and its horrors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bright Ages takes us through ten centuries and crisscrosses Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa, revisiting familiar people and events with new light cast upon them. We look with fresh eyes on the Fall of Rome, Charlemagne, the Vikings, the Crusades, and the Black Death, but also to the multi-religious experience of Iberia, the rise of Byzantium, and the genius of Hildegard and the power of queens. We begin under a blanket of golden stars constructed by an empress with Germanic, Roman, Spanish, Byzantine, and Christian bloodlines and end nearly 1,000 years later with the poet Dante\u2014inspired by that same twinkling celestial canopy\u2014writing an epic saga of heaven and hell that endures as a masterpiece of literature today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bright Ages reminds us just how permeable our manmade borders have always been and of what possible worlds the past has always made available to us. The Middle Ages may have been a world \u201clit only by fire\u201d but it was one whose torches illuminated the magnificent rose windows of cathedrals, even as they stoked the pyres of accused heretics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bright Ages contains an 8-page color insert.<\/p>\n


\n From the Publisher <\/p>\n

\"The\"The <\/p>\n

\"The\"The <\/p>\n

\n \"The\"The <\/p>\n

\n \"The\"The <\/p>\n

\n \"The\"The <\/p>\n

ASIN \u200f : \u200e B08Y913GY3
Publisher \u200f : \u200e Harper (December 7, 2021)
Publication date \u200f : \u200e December 7, 2021
Language \u200f : \u200e English
File size \u200f : \u200e 40543 KB
Text-to-Speech \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Screen Reader \u200f : \u200e Supported
Enhanced typesetting \u200f : \u200e Enabled
X-Ray \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Word Wise \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Sticky notes \u200f : \u200e On Kindle Scribe
Print length \u200f : \u200e 320 pages
Page numbers source ISBN \u200f : \u200e 0062980904 <\/p>\n

\n
\n

Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Customers find the book lovely and a great historical read. They also say the content is thoughtful and engaging, and sheds new light on the so-called Dark Ages. However, some find the writing style overly effusive, painful, and defective. Opinions are mixed on the writing quality, with some finding it readable and clear, while others say it’s not very well written, awkward, and unclear.<\/span><\/p>\n

AI-generated from the text of customer reviews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come\u2026.The Bright Ages\u00a0is a rare thing\u2014a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.\u201d\u2014Slate “Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-middle-grade"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_.jpg",993,1500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-199x300.jpg",199,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-768x1160.jpg",696,1051,true],"large":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-678x1024.jpg",678,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_.jpg",993,1500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_.jpg",993,1500,false],"td_0x420":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-278x420.jpg",278,420,true],"td_80x60":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-80x60.jpg",80,60,true],"td_150x0":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-150x227.jpg",150,227,true],"td_218x150":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-218x150.jpg",218,150,true],"td_300x0":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-300x453.jpg",300,453,true],"td_324x400":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-324x400.jpg",324,400,true],"td_485x360":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-485x360.jpg",485,360,true],"td_696x0":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-696x1051.jpg",696,1051,true],"td_1068x0":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_.jpg",993,1500,false],"td_1920x0":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_.jpg",993,1500,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-600x906.jpg",600,906,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A1wunR129hL._SL1500_-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Musadiq hussain","author_link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/author\/musadiqhussain1306gmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Price: (as of – Details) “The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come\u2026.The Bright Ages\u00a0is a rare thing\u2014a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.\u201d\u2014Slate “Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating.”…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}