Her other works include bible and sword, the proud tower, stilwell and the american experience in china for which tuchman was awarded a second pulitzer prize, notes from china, a. And there are a couple of other very relevant observations in this timely interview from 41 years ago. Small previous owners label to top of front pastedown, several closed tears and. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. In barbara tuchman years to research and write a distant mirror. A distant mirror is a humbling reminder of what calamities and opportunities epidemics can wreak on our species. It is informative and entertaining, but there are more than a few points where i stop and go hmmm, especially when she gets into sociology especially her claims around the medieval treatment of children, psychology and religion in the medieval world world in her case basically meaning england and france. We travel on a journey, via the life of a unique french nobleman, to world characterised by conflict and fear. The calamitous 14th century is remarkable for the disasters, but also the reaction people had to those events. Im currently working my way through tuchmans a distant mirror. The calamitous 14th century paperback july 12, 1987. Dramatically written and ably combining narrative with interpretation, the book has already proven its great appeal, though its relation to our own time of troubles is left discreetly implicit.
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January 30, 1912 february 6, 1989 was an american historian and author. Tuchman is a firstrate writer, on still another level, the book is a compelling, personalized account of individual men and women living through these turbulent, disastrous times, especially one. The great mortality focuses specifically on the black death, which is really only given one chapter in a distant mirror. Tuchman 19121989 achieved prominence as a historian with the zimmermann telegram and international fame with the guns of augusta huge bestseller and winner of the pulitzer prize.
Barbara tuchman transports the reader from the present world to fourteenth century france where we witness the contradictions, the decline and ultimately the selfdestruction of the age of chivalry. A pivotal text for the definition of the two hindrances in. Nobleza, noblesse, biographies, open library staff picks, histoire. Both a distant mirror and her the march of folly are relevant today. The main characters of this history, non fiction story are.
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Laymens dissatisfaction with or outright opposition to the church and its officials pope, priests, etc. Read a distant mirror the calamitous 14th century by barbara w. The main title, a distant mirror, conveys tuchman s idea that the death and suffering of the 14th century reflect that of the 20th century, especially the horrors of world war i. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Large octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, uncut, original dust jacket. Here, barbara tuchman masterfully reveals the two contradictory images of the age, examining the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it. Discovery world is an epicenter of learning that connects innovation, science, technology and the environment with exploration through interactive exhibits and experiential learning programs. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. She was a historian who made the past interesting to millions of readers. The middle ages a distant mirror medieval life and death and medievalism through the centuries duration. Tuchman is, on one level, a seven hundred page encyclopedia of the 14th centurys political, military, religious, social, cultural and economic history.
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