Research Catalog

Title

• Europe : a history / Norman Davies.

Author

Davies, Norman, 1939-

Publication

New York : HarperPerennial, 1998.

Supplementary Content

Publisher description

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Details

Description

xix, 1365 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

• "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, and Muslims. It also takes an innovative approach, combining traditional narrative with unique features that help bring history alive: 299 time capsules scattered through the narrative capture telling aspects of an era. 12 -snapshots offer a panoramic look at all of Europe at a particular moment in history. Full coverage of Eastern Europe--100 maps and diagrams, 72 black-and-white plates. All told, Davies's Europe represents one of the most important and illuminating histories to be published in recent years."--Publisher's description.
• "This book contains little that is original. SInce most aspects of the subject have been thoroughly worked over by previous historians, primary research was rarely required. The book originality, such as it is, lies only in the skeleton, rearrangement, and presentation of the contents. The main aim was to map out a grid of time and space for European history and, by introducing a sufficiently comprehensive range of topics into the framework, to convey an impression of the unattainable whole."--Preface.

Subjects

• History
• Europe > Histoire
• Europe > History

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "Originally published in 1996 by Oxford University Press"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 1137-1202) and index.

Contents

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: Cristendom 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).

ISBN

• 0060974680
• 9780060974688

LCCN

97032889

OCLC

• ocm37854191
• 37854191

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries