The Splendor and Opulence of the Past by Paul Freedman HARDBACK 9781501772221

The Splendor and Opulence of the Past\nby Paul Freedman\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Paul Freedman\nTitle: The Splendor and Opulence of the Past\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: European history: medieval period, middle ages\nPublisher: MB - Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9781501772221\nISBN-10: 1501772228\nRRP: \u00A347.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe Splendor and Opulence of the Past traces the career of Jaume Caresmar (17171791), a church historian and a key figure of the Catalan Enlightenment who transcribed tens of thousands of parchments to preserve and glorify Catalonia''s medieval past in the face of its diminishing autonomy. As Paul Freedman shows, Caresmar''s books, essays, and transcriptionssome only recently discoveredprovi.