The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe Manuscripts realist portraits and nearly abstract

realist portraits and nearly abstract landscape paintings

built up delicate layers of watercolor over black chalk to delineate whisper-soft textures

Morris vividly brings the men and their times to life

This beautifully illustrated edition contains some of the best-loved fables

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The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe Manuscripts realist portraits and nearly abstractA lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutalitya brilliant reflection of humanity itself. The word medieval conjures images of the Dark Agescenturies of ignorance, superstition, stasis, savagery, and poor hygiene. But the myth of darkness obscures the truth; this was a remarkable period in human history. The Bright