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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe.

Publication: America
Publication Date: 12-FEB-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe.(Book review)

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Mysteries of the Middle Ages

The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe

By Thomas Cahill

Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. 368p $32.50

ISBN 9780385495554

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The Middle Ages are popularly perceived as a period of intellectual and cultural stagnation. This perspective is reinforced by the common description of this era as the Dark Ages or the fact that the word "medieval" is frequently used as a pejorative in our modern vocabulary. These stereotypes, many of which were first formulated by Renaissance intellectuals, have little basis in historical truth. In fact, modern scholars now refer to the High Middle Ages as the 12th-century Renaissance. In Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe Thomas Cahill, who gained fame and fortune with...

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