The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society 980-1420

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Recognizing that a work of art is the product of a particular time and place as much as it is the creation of an individual Duby provides a sweeping survey of the changing mentalities of the Middle Ages as reflected in the art and architecture of the period. "If Age of the Cathedrals has a fault it is that Professor Duby knows too much has too many new ideas and takes such a delight in setting them out. . . insights whiz to and fro like meteorites."John Russell New York Times Book Review