Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Title: Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Author: Barbara W Tuchman
History: 1655058
ISBN: 9780345349576
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 1987
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books Edition
Section: History | Europe | Medieval
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: "Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." Commentary
The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.