{"product_id":"mysteries-of-the-middle-ages-the-rise-of-feminism-science-and-art-from-the-cults-of-catholic-europe","title":"Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eThomas Cahill\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780385495554\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNan A. Talese\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eAfter 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. \u003cbr\u003eBy placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches and their lives, medieval people exalted womanhood to a level unknown in any previous society. For the first time, men began to treat women with dignity and women took up professions that had always been closed to them. \u003cbr\u003eThe communion bread, believed to be the body of Jesus, encouraged the formulation of new questions in philosophy: Could reality be so fluid that one substance could be transformed into another? Could ordinary bread become a holy reality? Could mud become gold, as the alchemists believed? These new questions pushed the minds of medieval thinkers toward what would become modern science. \u003cbr\u003eArtists began to ask themselves similar questions. How can we depict human anatomy so that it looks real to the viewer? How can we depict motion in a composition that never moves? How can two dimensions appear to be three? Medieval artists (and writers, too) invented the Western tradition of realism. \u003cbr\u003eOn 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 Florence of Dante and Giotto--Cahill brilliantly captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world. Bursting with stunning four-color art, MYSTERIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES is the ultimate Christmas gift book.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Nan A. Talese","offers":[{"title":"Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe | Thomas Cahill | Hardcover | 9780385495554 | Used: Very Good | European History 1709002 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48484675125400,"sku":"1709002","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe | Thomas Cahill | Hardcover | 9780385495554 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1746669","offer_id":48841919529112,"sku":"1746669","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91hwhD4GjZL.jpg?v=1773435946","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/mysteries-of-the-middle-ages-the-rise-of-feminism-science-and-art-from-the-cults-of-catholic-europe","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}