A Distant Mirror

A Distant Mirror
First edition
AuthorBarbara Tuchman
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCrisis of the Late Middle Ages
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1978
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback, hardcover)
AwardsNational Book Award, 1980
ISBN978-0-394-40026-6
OCLC3870107

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century is a narrative history book by the American historian Barbara Tuchman, first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1978. It won a 1980 U.S. National Book Award in History.[1][a]

The main title, A Distant Mirror, conveys Tuchman's thesis that the death and suffering of the 14th century reflect those of the 20th century, particularly the horrors of World War I.


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