Civilisation

A Personal View

By: Kenneth Clark

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kenneth clark's sweeping narrative looks at how western europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the roman empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation. the author takes us from iona in the ninth century to france in the twelfth, from florence to urbino, from germany to rome, england, holland and america. against these...