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  • Germany and the Holy Roman Empire

    Volume I: Maximilian I to the Peace of Westphalia, 1493-1648

    par Joachim Whaley ...
    Collections series Oxford History of Early Modern Europe
    Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a new interpretation of the development of German-speaking central Europe and the Holy Roman Empire or German Reich, from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to its dissolution in 1806 after the turmoil of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Going against the notion that this was a long period of decline, Joachim Whaley shows how imperial institutions ... En savoir plus

    $64.79 CAD

  • The Holy Roman Empire

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Joachim Whaley ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had allegedly impeded German unification. Since 1945 scholars have been more positive but the empire's history and significance is still largely misunderstood. In this Very Short Introduction Joachim Whaley ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Mirrors of Mortality (Routledge Revivals)

    Social Studies in the History of Death

    Modifié par Joachim Whaley ...
    Collections series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1981, this reissue examines mankind’s preoccupation with death and mortality by isolating various societies in different periods of time. The authors examine not only the formal rituals associated with the last rite of passage, but also the social attitudes to death and dying which these rituals evidence. The essays establish that different periods do seem to be characterized by ... En savoir plus

    $119.54 CAD

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  • Pontifex Maximus

    A Short History of the Popes

    par Christopher Lascelles ...
    “Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time.”Gerald Posner, author of God’s Bankers"A brilliant book on a number of different levels. Lascelles has an engaging prose style and an amazing eye for detail and apposite anecdote. Surely only purblind Catholic zelanti ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Holy Roman Empire

    A Thousand Years of Europe's History

    par Peter H. Wilson ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'Hugely impressive... Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary ReviewA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Birth of the West

    Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century

    par Paul Collins ...
    The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark Ages. Yet according to historian Paul Collins, the story of the tenth century is the story of our ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

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  • A Short History of Europe

    From Charlemagne to the Treaty of Lisbon

    par Gordon Kerr ...
    Collections series Short History
    From the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, an accessible history of the people, ideas, institutions, and events that have shaped Europe during the last 1,200 yearsThis fascinating history for beginners provides a coherent map of the jumbled history of Europe and the European idea that has led up to this point. A continent of countless disparate ... En savoir plus

    $16.58 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Shortest History of Europe

    par John Hirst ...
    Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation.The Shortest History of Europe begins with a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of classical learning, Christianity and German warrior culture. Over the centuries, this unstable blend produced highly distinctive ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    A New History

    par Peter Heather ...
    The epic story of the inevitable fall of Rome's gloryIn The Fall of the Roman Empire, Peter Heather skillfully weaves a captivating tale of an ancient and long-lasting superpower that crumbled within the short space of a century. Its downfall was not instigated by massive rebellions or towering foes but by a small group of German-speaking asylum-seekers who audaciously defeated a vast Roman army ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Medieval Europe

    par Chris Wickham ...
    A spirited history of the changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages: "A dazzling race through a complex millennium."— Publishers WeeklyThe millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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  • Civilization of the Middle Ages

    Completely Revised and Expanded Edition, A

    par Norman F. Cantor ...
    "No better explanation of medievalism is available to the general reader." --BooklistA revised and expanded edition of Norman Cantor's splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages, an essential work of cultural and intellectual history that contains more than 30 percent new material from the original edition.This comprehensive edition illuminates the forces that shaped a thousand ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Constantine the Emperor

    par David Potter ...
    No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity, but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along after him. Indeed, this major new biography argues that Constantine's conversion is but one feature of a unique administrative style that enabled him to take control of an empire beset by internal ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD