| Description |
xxix, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"With an epic sweep that transports us from the crucifixion to the First Crusade, and from the glitter of Constantinople to the bleak shores of Canada, Millennium is a study of a truly fateful revolution: the emergence of Western Europe for the first time as a distinctive and expansionist power." "It was the age of Otto the Great and William the Conqueror, of Caliphs and Viking sea-kings, of hermits, monks and serfs. It witnessed the spread of castles, the invention of knighthood and the founding of a papal monarchy. Above all, it brought people to dread that the end days might be at hand, and yet also - with an effort so prodigious that it has the power to move us still - to invent themselves anew."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Contents |
1. Return of the King -- 2. Old Order Changeth -- 3. ...Yielding Place to New -- 4. Go West -- 5. Apocalypse Postponed -- 6. 1066 and All That -- 7. Inconvenient Truth. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
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| ISBN |
9780316732451 hardback |
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0316732451 hardback |
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9781408700860 paperback |
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1408700867 paperback |
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