Seb Falk The Light Ages : A Medieval Journey of Discovery Paperback Book

Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Daily Telegraph, TLS, BBC History Magazine and TabletCompulsive, brilliantly clear and superbly wellwritten, its a charismatic evocation of another world Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval EnglandThe Middle Ages were a time of wonder. They gave us the first universities, the first eyeglasses and the first mechanical clocks as medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky. In this book, we walk the path of medieval science with a reallife guide, a fourteenthcentury monk named John of Westwyk inventor, astrologer, crusader who was educated in Englands grandest monastery and exiled to a clifftop priory. Following the traces of his life, we learn to see the natural world through Brother Johns eyes navigating by the stars, multiplying Roman numerals, curing disease and telling the time with an astrolabe. We travel the length and breadth of England, from Saint Albans to Tynemouth, and venture far beyond the shores of Britain. On our way, we encounter a remarkable cast of characters the clockbuilding English abbot with leprosy, the French craftsmanturnedspy and the Persian polymath who founded the worlds most advanced observatory. An enthralling story of the struggles and successes of an ordinary man and an extraordinary time, The Light Ages conjures up a vivid picture of the medieval world as we have never seen it before. | Seb Falk The Light Ages : A Medieval Journey of Discovery Paperback Book