A short history of Europe :
Jenkins, Simon,
A short history of Europe : from Pericles to Putin / Simon Jenkins. - xv, 353 pages, 32 unumbered pages of plates colour illustrations, black and white maps
First published by Viking: 2018.
Aegean dawn : the glory of Greece, 2500-300BC -- The ascendency of Rome, 500BC-AD 300 -- Goths, Huns and Christians, 300-560 -- The age of Charlemagne, 560-840 -- The new Europeans, 840-1100 -- The church militant, 1100-1215 -- The rise of the states, 1215-1400 -- The death of Byzantium, 1400-1500 -- Renaissance and reformation, 1450-1525 -- Wars of the princes, 1525-1560 -- Wars of religion, 1560-1660 -- The climax of autocracy, 1660-1715 -- From reason to rebellion, 1715-1789 -- The French revolution, 1789-1804 -- Napoleon's Europe, 1804-1815 -- Vienna and the failure of reform, 1815-1840 -- The old order's last cry, 1840-1850 -- Italy and Germany, 1850-1900 -- The war to end war, 1900-1918 -- The years in between, 1918-1939 -- The second world war, 1939-1945 -- Cold war continent, 1945-1989 -- Strains past and present, 1989- -- Epilogue.
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A short history of Europe : from Pericles to Putin / Simon Jenkins. - xv, 353 pages, 32 unumbered pages of plates colour illustrations, black and white maps
First published by Viking: 2018.
Aegean dawn : the glory of Greece, 2500-300BC -- The ascendency of Rome, 500BC-AD 300 -- Goths, Huns and Christians, 300-560 -- The age of Charlemagne, 560-840 -- The new Europeans, 840-1100 -- The church militant, 1100-1215 -- The rise of the states, 1215-1400 -- The death of Byzantium, 1400-1500 -- Renaissance and reformation, 1450-1525 -- Wars of the princes, 1525-1560 -- Wars of religion, 1560-1660 -- The climax of autocracy, 1660-1715 -- From reason to rebellion, 1715-1789 -- The French revolution, 1789-1804 -- Napoleon's Europe, 1804-1815 -- Vienna and the failure of reform, 1815-1840 -- The old order's last cry, 1840-1850 -- Italy and Germany, 1850-1900 -- The war to end war, 1900-1918 -- The years in between, 1918-1939 -- The second world war, 1939-1945 -- Cold war continent, 1945-1989 -- Strains past and present, 1989- -- Epilogue.
9780241352526
GBB960420 bnb
Europe--History.
Europe--Civilization.
940