The Age of Light: a New History of the Middle Ages
by (u. S.) Matthew Gabriele (u. S.) David M. Perry
About This Novel
For a long time, the "Middle Ages" has been a symbol of Western historical narrative, a "dark age" of ignorance and stagnation before modern times. "Age of Light" looks back at the thousand-year history of the Middle Ages from a new perspective, starting from the chapel of Ravenna and ending with the poet Dante, re-examining the fall of Rome, the rise of Byzantium, the rule of Charlemagne, the migration of the Vikings, the expansion of the Arabs, the legend of miracles, and the Black Death Disease, as well as the impact of the Mongols, show us the continuation of Roman culture in the Middle Ages, the flow of people, materials, and culture between different ethnic groups and regions, the coexistence and conflict of different traditions, and rediscover the history of non-centered groups such as women, Arabs, and Jews. This book points out that historical narratives centered on white Western men serve real politics and obscure the true face of the Middle Ages. In fact, the Middle Ages were a "bright age" where material and spirituality continued to flow, and all kinds of beauty and terror coexisted.
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