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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Norman Davies |
ISBN: | 0195209125 9780195209129 0198201710 9780198201717 0060974680 9780060974688 |
OCLC Number: | 35593922 |
Description: | xvii, 1365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | The Legend of Europa -- I. Peninsula: Environment and Prehistory -- II. Hellas: Ancient Greece -- III. Roma: Ancient Rome, 753 BC-AD 337 -- IV. Origo: The Birth of Europe, AD c.330-800 -- V. Medium: The Middle Age, c.750-1270 -- VI. Pestis: Christendom in Crisis, c.1250-1493 -- VII. Renatio: Renaissances and Reformations, c.1450-1670 -- VIII. Lumen: Enlightenment and Absolutism, c.1650-1789 -- IX. Revolutio: A Continent in Turmoil, c.1770-1815 -- X. Dynamo: Powerhouse of the World, 1815-1914 -- XI. Tenebrae: Europe in Eclipse, 1914-1945 -- XII. Divisa et Indivisa: Europe Divided and Undivided, 1945-1991. |
Responsibility: | Norman Davies. |
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Abstract:
This volume tells the story of Europe, East and West, from prehistory to the present day. Alongside Europe's better-known stories, it brings into focus areas often ignored or misunderstood, revealing the rich variety of Europe's past.
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