A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages
The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this landmark book, and he succeeds in producing the most riveting account of medieval Europe in a generation.
Tracking the entire sweep of the Middle Ages across Europe, Wickham focuses on important changes century by century, including such pivotal crises and moments as the fall of the western Roman Empire, Charlemagne’s reforms, the feudal revolution, the challenge of heresy, the destruction of the Byzantine Empire, the rebuilding of late medieval states, and the appalling devastation of the Black Death. He provides illuminating vignettes that underscore how shifting social, economic, and political circumstances affected individual lives and international events. Wickham offers both a new conception of Europe’s medieval period and a provocative revision of exactly how and why the Middle Ages matter.
© 2017 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781470853150
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 2 maj 2017
A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages
The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this landmark book, and he succeeds in producing the most riveting account of medieval Europe in a generation.
Tracking the entire sweep of the Middle Ages across Europe, Wickham focuses on important changes century by century, including such pivotal crises and moments as the fall of the western Roman Empire, Charlemagne’s reforms, the feudal revolution, the challenge of heresy, the destruction of the Byzantine Empire, the rebuilding of late medieval states, and the appalling devastation of the Black Death. He provides illuminating vignettes that underscore how shifting social, economic, and political circumstances affected individual lives and international events. Wickham offers both a new conception of Europe’s medieval period and a provocative revision of exactly how and why the Middle Ages matter.
© 2017 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781470853150
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 2 maj 2017
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Kristin
10 mars 2021
Äntligen fick man lära sig väldigt mycket mer än när jag gick i skolan under 70talet. Bra bok för att förstå mycket mer om vår samtid med Europaperspektiv. Statsskick, EU, kulturella skillnader och politiska likheter samt Brexit och pandemihantering och handel och jordbruk. Måste nog lyssna en gång till för den är faktaspäckad. En klar fördel om man har koll på kartan redan innan. Geografin alltså.
Peter
27 mars 2021
Faktaspäckad. Den borde dock heta ”byråkratin i medeltida Europa”, för det är vad boken handlar om. Vart är konsten och vetenskapen, hade velat höra mer om det också för att få en bättre bild av denna tidsperiod.
Big
22 feb. 2022
Grundlig genomgång av medeltida Europa och en bra uppläsare.
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