{"product_id":"the-dark-ages-and-the-age-of-gold-9780691619286","title":"The Dark Ages and the Age of Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this original and provocative book Russell Fraser has set himself no less a task than the description and interpretation of one of the signal \"facts\" of Western history-the breaking away of the present from the medieval past. He locates this break in England in the sixteenth century, and on the continent two hundred years earlier. Unafraid to synthesize, he weaves a rich fabric of quotations, allusions, and examples from art, music, philosophy, theology, and physical science to explain the cultural transition to the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough the author ranges from Plato to the present, his focus is concentrated on the major figures of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, especially Shakespeare, \"the last and greatest of medieval artists.\" His intention is always to draw together and compare medieval. Renaissance, and contemporary attitudes so that the reader can see the past becoming the present, how and when this transformation occurred, and for what reasons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1973. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell a. Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691619286","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44436244398195,"sku":"9780691619286","price":121.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_87d61946-647b-40c5-b9c5-09a48912bbdb.jpg?v=1772896133","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-dark-ages-and-the-age-of-gold-9780691619286","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}