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Dawn of the Middle Ages by Grant, Michael, 1914-2004 is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dawn of the Middle Ages about?

A brilliant historian of the ancient world, Michael Grant turns his attention to the decisive centuries of turmoil and rebirth that followed the final collapse of the Roman Empire in the West. The years from 476 to 816 constitute a relatively neglected period, sometimes dismissed by historians as a "Dark Age." But this impressively illustrated volume puts the dawn of the Middle Ages in a new perspective. Far from a time of "barbarian" darkness, this emerges as a remarkably rich period, in both east and west, a crucial time of innovation and development that went very far toward shaping our modern world. It was an age of great leaders. So many dominant personalities of the period have cast long shadows across the centuries and into our own time. From the pages of Michael Grant's readable, moving text there emerge fresh portraits of such giants as Justinian the Great in the heyday of Byzantium; Mohammed, the prophet of Arabia; St. Benedict of Italy; St. Patrick of Ireland; and, in the heart of western Europe, the larger-than-life figure of Charlemagne. It was, too, an age of great religions. Here we witness the birth of Islam both as a church and as a political force--and the fateful

Who reads Dawn of the Middle Ages?

Author

Grant, Michael, 1914-2004

Publisher

Bonanza Books : Distributed by Crown Publishers, 1986, c1981.

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780517625101

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities