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The Medieval Church · 1493
The Nuremberg Chronicle
Liber Chronicarum
Hartmann Schedel · 1440–1514
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What it is
A world history from creation to the present in seven ages, with over eighteen hundred woodcuts of cities, saints, and the coming of antichrist.
Why it lasted
The most lavishly illustrated book of the fifteenth century, and a summary of how educated Europeans understood the shape of history just before it changed.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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