. "243729651" . "940.2/1 20" . "A World Lit only By Fire"@en . "322"^^ . "CB369 .M36 1992" . . "A World Lit Only by Fire (1992) by American historian William Manchester, is an informal history of the European Middle Ages, structured into three sections: The Medieval Mind, The Shattering, and One Man Alone. In the book, Manchester scathingly posits, as the title suggests, that the Middle Ages were ten centuries of technological stagnation, short-sightedness, bloodshed, feudalism, and an oppressive Church wedged between the golden ages of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance."@en . "ISBN 0-316-54531-7 (1st edition)= ISBN 0-316-54556-2 (pb)" . . .