The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found by Violet Moller

The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found

Violet Moller

336 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

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After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean cities and survived to fuel the revival of the Renaissan...

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