Event

Pages through History: The Bright Ages--A New History of Medieval Europe

Wednesday, August 30, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cosmos Room

What do you think of when you hear the words "the Middle Ages" or "Medieval?" Knights and castles? A "Dark Age" when life was "nasty, brutish, and short?"

Whatever you have in mind, Matthew Gabriele and David Perry will probably challenge it. Their book The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe gives us a world where the line between eras was always blurry, where ideas flowed between "civilizations" (and religions), and where a "barbarian" king in darkest England might decide to fancify his coinage with imitation-Arabic script.

Find The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe in the library catalog.

This is a hybrid event with the option to participate in person or on Zoom. Online participants will receive the Zoom link in their confirmation email.

If you have questions about this event after registration has closed, please email the events team or call the library at 847-673-7774.

Limited to 24 in-person participants.

Online registration is closed.