Patrick J. Geary Knihy

Tento výkladový slovník je rozsahem i pojetím ojedinělým pokusem představit epochu středověku v celé její šíři a plasticitě. Každé z více než osmi desítek hesel je samostatným esejem.

Civilization in the West blends social and political history with an exceptional map and image program to engage students and bring history to life. The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is enhanced by an image-based approach. The Visual Record chapter openers draw students in by using illustrations that underscore a dominant theme of the chapter. New Image Discovery features guide students to interrogate images, understand their contexts, and unpack their multiple meanings. The dramatic, changing contours of the West are explored through an exceptional map program, throughMap Discovery features, and through Geographical Tours of Europe.

Offers an analysis, which contrasts the myths with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries - the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear. schovat popis

"The addition of material on Christians, Jews, and Moors in medieval Spain makes the third edition of this excellent reader even better." - Julia M. H. Smith, University of St. Andrews

Die romantische politische Philosophie des 19. Jahrhunderts versuchte, nationale Souveränitätsansprüche möglichst tief in der Geschichte zu verankern. Tatsächlich sind die Völker Europas nicht sonderlich alt: Sie sind vielmehr das Ergebnis ausgedehnter Durchmischungsprozesse, die heute keine historischen Machtansprüche legitimieren können.

Frühmittelalter - Siedlung - Bevölkerungsgeschichte - Historischer Überblick.