Powers and thrones : a new history of the Middle Ages
Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London : An Apollo Book,
2021
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| Schlagworte: | Middle Ages Civilization, Medieval Electronic books Europa Geschichte 500-1500 |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource ( xviii, 636 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. Intro -- Also by Dan Jones -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- PART I: IMPERIUM: c. AD 410 - AD 750 -- CHAPTER 1: ROMANS -- Climate and Conquest -- 'They make a solitude and call it peace' -- Citizens and Strangers -- Souls for Sale -- Romanization -- From Gods to God -- Legacy -- CHAPTER 2: BARBARIANS -- 'The most terrible of all warriors' -- First Blood -- The Storm Returns -- Coming of the Tyrants -- From Attila to Odoacer -- Endgame -- CHAPTER 3: BYZANTINES -- Justinian and Theodora -- Law Codes and Heretics -- Rioting and Renewal -- Destroying the Vandals -- 'God's Education' -- Things Fall Apart -- After Justinian -- CHAPTER 4: ARABS -- Birth of a Faith -- The 'Rightly Guided' Caliphs -- The Fitnas -- The Umayyads -- The Black Flag Rises -- PART II: DOMINION: c. AD 750 - AD 1215 -- CHAPTER 5: FRANKS -- Merovingians and Carolingians -- 'Father of Europe' -- From Kings to Emperors -- The Empire Fractures -- Coming of the Northmen -- From Vikings to Normans -- CHAPTER 6: MONKS -- From the Desert to the Hilltop -- Towards the Golden Age -- Pathways to Heaven -- Compostela and Cluny III -- New Puritans -- CHAPTER 7: KNIGHTS -- Spears and Stirrups -- 'El Cid' -- Roland and Arthur -- Stranger than Fiction -- Knighthood's Legacy -- CHAPTER 8: CRUSADERS -- Urban II -- The First Crusade -- Kingdom of Heaven -- Second Comings -- 'A detestable business' -- Enemies Within -- Crusaders Everywhere -- PART III: REBIRTH: c. AD 1215 - AD 1347 -- CHAPTER 9: MONGOLS -- Genghis Khan -- March of the Khans -- Among the 'Tartars' -- The Empire Splits -- The Last of the Khans -- CHAPTER 10: MERCHANTS -- Bust and Boom -- Rise of the Republics -- White Gold -- Money and Power -- 'Dick' Whittington -- CHAPTER 11: SCHOLARS -- The Word of God -- Translation and Renaissance. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource ( xviii, 636 Seiten) Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781789543551 178954355X 9781789543537 1789543533 9781984880871 198488087X |