Edition |
First Pegasus Books edition. |
Description |
394 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
Note |
Maps on endpapers. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-376) and index. |
Contents |
The invention of money -- The book trade -- Making enemies -- Settling -- Fashion -- Writing the law -- Overseeing nature -- Science and money -- Dealers rule -- Love and capital -- The plague laws -- The city and the world. |
Summary |
Tells the story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea, uncovering a lost history of a thousand years rife with saints, spies, pirates, philosophers, artists, and intellectuals. |
Subject |
Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
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Europe, Northern -- History.
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Europe, Northern -- Civilization.
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North Sea -- History.
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ISBN |
9781605986999 |
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1605986992 |
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