From the Book - 1st Anchor Books ed.
Alexandria: city of reason : the great confluence
Rome: crossroads of the world : how the Romans become the Italians
Bingen & Chartres, gardens enclosed : the cult of the virgin and its consequences
Aquitaine and Assisi, courts of love : the pursuit of love and its consequences
Entrances to other worlds : the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Atlantic
Paris, university of heavenly things : the exaltation of reason and its consequences
Oxford, university of earthly things : the alchemists quest and its consequences
Padua, chapel of flesh : the artist's experiment and its consequences
Florence, dome of light : the poet's dream and its consequences
Ravenna, city of death : the politician's emptiness and its consequences
Love in the ruins : a Dantesque reflection.
