A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance

Why read it

• You will see how far a world with no clocks, no police and almost no communication was from our own
• You will understand how Magellan's voyage exposed a central myth of the medieval mind, that Europe was the world
• You will recognize how a papacy that sold holy offices and lived like Roman emperors invited Luther's revolt

Who it is for

• Readers curious how life felt before the Renaissance
• Students of the Reformation who want its medieval backdrop
• Anyone who enjoys sweeping narrative history with strong characters

Contents

1. AUTHOR’S NOTE
2. I
3. THE MEDIEVAL MIND
4. II
5. THE SHATTERING
6. III
7. ONE MAN ALONE
8. CHRONOLOGY

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