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Hinges of history

Author

Cahill, Thomas

1) How the Irish saved civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe

Author

Series

Hinges of history volume 1

Description

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Reveals the pivotal role played by the monks and scribes of Ireland in the development of Western culture and history.

2) The gifts of the Jews: how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels

Author

Series

Hinges of history volume 2

Publisher

Nan A. Talese

Pub. Date

1998

Physical Desc

xii, 291 p. ; 22 cm.

3) Desire of the everlasting hills: the world before and after Jesus , Hinges of history volume 3

Author

Cahill, Thomas

4) Sailing the wine-dark sea: why the Greeks matter

Author

Series

Hinges of history volume 4

Publisher

Nan A. Talese/Doubleday

Pub. Date

c2003

Physical Desc

xiv, 304 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

5) Mysteries of the Middle Ages: the rise of feminism, science, and art from the cults of Catholic Europe

Author

Series

Hinges of history volume 5

Publisher

N.A. Talese

Pub. Date

c2006

Physical Desc

343 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.

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"After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. On visits to the great cities of Europe--monumental Rome; the intellectually explosive Paris of Peter Abelard and Thomas Aquinas; the hotbed of scientific study that was Oxford; and the incomparable...

6) Heretics and heroes: how Renaissance artists and Reformation priests created our world

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Series

Hinges of history volume 6

Publisher

Books on Tape

Pub. Date

©2013

Physical Desc

11 sound discs (ca. 13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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Author Thomas Cahill takes listeners on an audio tour of the Renaissance and Reformation, and explores the cultural changes and innovation that took place during the periods.