Ortaçağ Batı Uygarlığı

Translated into more than twenty languages, this book serves as a guiding guide for those who want to discover the spirit of the Middle Ages. Jacques le Goff, the famous representative of the Annales School, undertakes a deep mental reading here. Is the period in question entirely an "age of darkness"? Le Goff proves with his mastery in historiography that time and space cannot be reduced from their real dimensions. While the Middle Ages were struggling to survive with their monks, clergy, warriors, peasants and craftsmen, on the other hand, they managed to come together around villages, castles and cities, shared the consciousness produced by worldly conditions, discovered the machine, the clock, the university and nations: "From the pointed vault to commercial Inventions are made, including bonds and dialectics, advances are made in the technical field, a balance is achieved that allows us to talk about a beautiful Middle Ages in the 13th century, despite the determination of chronic hunger and diseases in the current conjuncture or the weight of future anxiety that darkens all the horizons they can envision... The meaning of beauty is revealed; Courtly love, a certain taste for luxury, and the desire for knowledge first began to spread in the first Italian Renaissance, and then great success was achieved in the last century of the Middle Ages, which we can describe as not a dark age, but a maturation time for the birth of a new civilization on the ruins of the Roman Empire. In this maturation process, the contribution of the Arab civilization, which preserved and developed the ancient heritage for centuries, and the relations that developed with the land and sea network formed during the Crusades, and then the decline and disappearance of Byzantium in the face of great pressure from the Turks, made it possible for Europe to regain this rich heritage. should not be ignored."

This age, which transformed the land even though its eyes were turned to the sky, included "mind" in a universe decorated with symbols, established a certain balance between words and writing, and placed purgatory between heaven and hell. The Middle Ages are an essential part of time, the childhood of the West, with the movements of time and space coming from the bottom, the stagnation that appears on the surface, and the contradictions in between. In Le Goff's words, "In the history of civilizations, childhood is decisive, just like in individuals."

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Number of Pages: 454

First Print Year: 2015

Number of Printings: 2nd Edition

Language Turkish