Europe A History

Name: Europe A History
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ISBN: 9780060974688

ISBN-10: 0060974680

ISBN-13: 9780060974688

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Authors: Norman Davies

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Here is a masterpiece of historical narrative that stretches from the Ice Age to the Atomic Age, as it tells the story of Europe, East and West. Norman Davies captures it all-the rise and fall of Rome, the sweeping invasions of Alaric and Atilla, the Norman Conquests, the Papal struggles for power, the Renaissance and the Reformation, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Europe's rise to become the powerhouse of the world, and its eclipse in our own century, following two devastating World Wars. This is the first major history of Europe to give equal weight to both East and West, and it shines light on fascinating minority communities, from heretics and lepers to Gypsies, Jews,…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/20/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1392
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 2.30" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

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List of Maps


The Legend of Europa


Introduction



Peninsula: Environment and Prehistory



Hellas: Ancient Greece



Roma: Ancient Rome, 753 BC-AD 337



Origo: The Birth of Europe, AD c.330-800



Medium: The Middle Age, c.750-1270



Pestis: Christendom in Crisis, c.1250-1493



Renatio: Renaissances and Reformations, c.1450-1670



Lumen: Enlightenment and Absolutism, c.1650-1789



Revolutio: A Continent in Turmoil, c.1770-1815



Dynamo: Powerhouse of the World, 1815-1914



Tenebrae: Europe in Eclipse, 1914-1945



Divisa et Indivisa: Europe Divided and Undivided, 1945-1991


Notes to Chapters


Notes to Capsules


Appendix I List of Capsules


Appendix II Notes on Plates and Acknowledgements


Appendix III Historical Compendium


Index