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Book Review of A World Lit Only by Fire : The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age

A World Lit Only by Fire : The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age
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Helpful Score: 4


It was a bit more scholarly than I expected based on the other reviews. Not too hard, just a bit "thick" for enjoyment reading. However I learned a lot and there were many interesting factoids about daily life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. I enjoyed those bits more than the many discussions of historical figures that neither I nor probably 99% of readers have heard of. As stated, good but a bit dense.