The twelfth-century bishop Otto of Freising was the outstanding historian of his century. "The Two Cities" was his masterwork, spanning in time from Adam and Eve to the coming of the last days -- which he believed had actually begun. In form and philosophy, it stands as a landmark in medieval historiography. As a brother of the Emperor, Otto had an insider's view on the significant events of his day, including the Investiture Controversy and the Second Crusade. His book records how one man grasped for hope as he felt the ...
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The twelfth-century bishop Otto of Freising was the outstanding historian of his century. "The Two Cities" was his masterwork, spanning in time from Adam and Eve to the coming of the last days -- which he believed had actually begun. In form and philosophy, it stands as a landmark in medieval historiography. As a brother of the Emperor, Otto had an insider's view on the significant events of his day, including the Investiture Controversy and the Second Crusade. His book records how one man grasped for hope as he felt the world dissolving around him.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book First edition, hardcover. Red cloth with gilt titles on spine. xii, 437 pages. Illustrations. Prologue. Epilogue. Appendix: Barnum Apocrypha. Notes. Select Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index of Persons. X-Library with library stamps on top edge and fore edge of text block and on title page, glue residue on corners of pastedowns, and head/tail of spine bumped, in a very good dust jacket with wrinkles at head/tail of spine, spine lightly faded, and short crease at top corner of front foldover. Mylar cover on jacket.
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Very Good jacket. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
