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Heretics and Heroes

How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
May 29, 2015DorisWaggoner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is the next to last in a series, exploring the development of the modern world by themes. Cahill paints with broad strokes, yet uses enough detail that I had a sense of "being there" in his exploration of the 14th-16th c. His outlook is optimistic, in that he's explicit that while this was a period of war, he doesn't think it was inevitable until people pushed too far. I'm not sure I'll read the whole series, but I want to read more of the books. This period of European history fascinates me more than some others. I think I'll go to his beginning next, and read "How the Irish Saved Civilization." He is a mesmerizing writer, and the book's a page turner.