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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
A Chaucerian Invitation
Prelude: Alexandria, City of Reason: The Great Confluence
Introduction: Rome, Crossroads of the World: How the Romans Became the Italians
One: Bingen and Chartres, Gardens Enclosed: The Cult of the Virgin and Its Consequences
Two: Aquitaine and Assisi, Courts of Love: The Pursuit of Love and Its Consequences
Intermezzo: Entrances to Other Worlds: The Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Atlantic
Three: Paris, University of Heavenly Things: The Exaltation of Reason and Its Consequences
Four: Oxford, University of Earthly Things: The Alchemist’s Quest and Its Consequences
Five: Padua, Chapel of Flesh: The Artist’s Experiment and Its Consequences
Six: Florence, Dome of Light: The Poet’s Dream and Its Consequences
Seven: Ravenna, City of Death: The Politician’s Emptiness and Its Consequences
Postlude: Love in the Ruins: A Dantesque Reflection
Notes and Sources
Acknowledgments
Permissions Acknowledgments
Photography Credits
Index
Additional Images
Excerpt from Heretics and Heroes
About the Author
The Hinges of History
Other Books by This Author
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