Manchester, William  (, 1922-2004) <br/><br/>
A world lit only by fire, The medieval mind and the renaissance 
/ William Manchester 
 - Boston, Massachusetts  : Little, Brown and Company  , 1993  , c1991. 
 - xvii, 322 p.  : ill., maps  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-306) and index. 
<br/><br/> It speaks to the failure of medieval Europe, that "in the year 1500, after a thousand years of neglect, the roads built by the Romans were still the beston the continent." European powers were so absorbed in destroying each other and in suppressing peasant revolts and religious reform that they never quite got around to realizing the possibilities of contemporary innovations in public health, civil engineering, and other peaceful pursuits.  Drawing on a cast of characters numbering in thehundreds, Manchester does a solid job of reconstructing the medieval world, although some scholars may disagree with his interpretations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316545563 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Renaissance
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.2 MAN