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    The Thirteen: Greatest of Centuries
    The Thirteen: Greatest of Centuries
    The Thirteen: Greatest of Centuries
    Audiobook16 hours

    The Thirteen: Greatest of Centuries

    Written by James Joseph Walsh

    Narrated by Edward Miller

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    About this audiobook

    All the pivotal evolutions, developments, breakthroughs, issues, forces, and institutions of the thirteenth century are reviewed here by James Joseph Walsh at length and in depth...The work was published in 1913 and remains an essential look at a great century of the Middle Ages with almost everything in it: early universities, the church's influence, the strides made in public education, technical and economical developments, important thinkers and writers of the period—you name it, it's all in here!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudioliterature
    Release dateDec 9, 2016
    The Thirteen: Greatest of Centuries

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