by Georges Duby · Taurus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430611812
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In this fundamental work, historian Georges Duby analyzes the deep relationship between theology, morality, and artistic creation in medieval Europe. Through the study of Cistercian art and the figure of Saint Bernard, the author explores how the social and economic structures of the time influenced the birth of the Gothic style, offering an enlightening view on the evolution of civilizations and their artistic expression.
Georges Duby was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s to his death. In 2019, his work was published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.
