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Author: Richard Erdoes
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781566198325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTracing the career of brilliant visionary Pope Sylvester II, Richard Erdoes has composed a vivid tapestry of a century frighteningly similar to our present one. --publisher description.
Author: James Reston, Jr.
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 1999-02-16
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0385483368
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccomplished historical author James Reston, Jr., presents the enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance in Europe as the year 1000 approached. Through Reston's brilliant narrative and engaging portraits of the unforgettable historical characters who embodied the struggle for the soul of Europe, students are introduced to a pivotal period in history during which an old order was crumbling, and terrifying, confusing new ideas were gaining hold in the populace. From the righteous fury of the Viking queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded, who burned unwanted suitors alive; to the brilliant but too-cunning Moor, al-Mansur the Illustrious Victor; to the aptly named English king Ethelred the Unready; to the abiding genius of the age, Pope Sylvester II—warrior kings and concubine empresses, maniacal warriors and religious zealots bring this stirring period to life.
Author: Ron Fisher
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780792278429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeople of the aurora--People of the fire--People of the buffalo--People of the rugged coast--People of the canyon.
Author: Robert Lacey
Publisher: Abacus (UK)
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780349113067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE YEAR 1000 is a vivid evocation of how English people lived a thousand years ago - no spinach, sugar or Caesarean operations in which the mother had any chance of survival, but a world that knew brain surgeons, property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the leading historians and archaeologists in their field. In the year 1000 the changing seasons shaped a life that was, by our standards, both soothingly quiet and frighteningly hazardous - and if you survived, you could expect to grow to just about the same height and stature as anyone living today. This exuberant and informative book concludes as the shadow of the millennium descends across England and Christendom, with prophets of doom invoking the spectre of the Anti-Christ. Here comes the abacus - the medieval calculating machine - along with bewildering new concepts like infinity and zero. These are portents of the future, and THE YEAR 1000 finishes by examining the human and social ingredients that were to make for survival and success in the next thousand years.
Author: Valerie Hansen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-04-20
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1501194119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe World in the Year 1000 -- Go West, Young Viking -- The Pan-American Highways of 1000 -- European Slaves -- The World's Richest Man -- Central Asia Splits in Two -- Surprising Journeys -- The Most Globalized Place on Earth.
Author: Barry W. Cunliffe
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300170863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the fifteenth century Europe was a driving world force, but the origins of its success have until now remained obscured in prehistory. In this book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe views Europe not in terms of states and shifting political land boundaries but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas. These seas, and Europe's great transpeninsular rivers, ensured a rich diversity of natural resources while also encouraging the dynamic interaction of peoples across networks of communication and exchange. The development of these early Europeans is rooted in complex interplays, shifting balances, and geographic and demographic fluidity.
Author: William H. McNeill
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-11-15
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 022616019X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow—banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another—to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the seventeenth century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. His central argument is that a commercial transformation of world society in the eleventh century caused military activity to respond increasingly to market forces as well as to the commands of rulers. Only in our own time, suggests McNeill, are command economies replacing the market control of large-scale human effort. The Pursuit of Power does not solve the problems of the present, but its discoveries, hypotheses, and sheer breadth of learning do offer a perspective on our current fears and, as McNeill hopes, "a ground for wiser action."
Author: Patrick Pasture
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-05-28
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1137480475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEuropean unity is a dream that has appealed to the imagination since the Middle Ages. Its motives have varied from a longing for peace to a deep-rooted abhorrence of diversity, as well as a yearning to maintain Europe's colonial dominance. This book offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the European imagination in a global context.
Author: J. H. Bettey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-17
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1317871847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe prehistory and early history of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, Avon, and the city of Bristol.
Author: K. B. C. Onwubiko
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789781750618
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