A.D. 1000: Living on the Brink of Apocalypse

A.D. 1000: Living on the Brink of Apocalypse
ISBN-10
1566198321
ISBN-13
9781566198325
Category
Civilization, Medieval
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
1995
Author
Richard Erdoes

Description

Tracing the career of brilliant visionary Pope Sylvester II, Richard Erdoes has composed a vivid tapestry of a century frighteningly similar to our present one. --publisher description.

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