Vanished kingdoms

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'The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet the past differs from the present in many unfamiliar ways and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. The degree to which we think of the European past as the history of France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on, actually obstructs our view of former reality, and blunts our sensitivity to the ever-changing political landscape. Europe's past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics which no longer exist but which were some of the most important entities of their day - 'the Empire of Aragon', which dominated the western Mediterranean in the thirteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the largest country in Europe for part of the eighteenth century. This book shows the reader how to peer through the cracks of mainstream history-writing, and to catch a glimpse of the 'Five, Six or Seven Kingdoms of Burgundy'. How long will it be before the USSR, until recently one of the world's two superpowers, is wholly or half-forgotten as most of these? The histories of the lost echo across the centuries, mixed in with more familiar sounds. One of the purposes of this book is to help us hear them again more clearly, and appreciate where they came from.



As in his earlier celebrated books Europe and The Isles, Norman Davies aims to subvert our established view what looks familiar in history and urges us to look and think again. This stimulating book, full of unexpected stories, observations and connections, gives us a fresh and original perspective on European history.

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Vanished Kingdoms

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Europe s history is littered with kingdoms duchies empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age what happened to the once great mediterranean empire of aragon this title lets you discover the stories of lost realms across the centuries fr Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Vergeten koninkrijken

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D 2013 0034 837 norman davies is in vergeten koninkrijken een begeesterde gids door tweeduizend jaar geschiedenis nrc handelsbladwaar zijn de grote namen van weleer gebleven aragon het byzantijnse rijk of etruri norman davies haalt vijftien vergeten koninkrijken hertogdommen en republieken we Op voorraad. Nu besteld, woensdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations

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Europe s past is littered with states and kingdoms large and small that are scarcely remembered today and while their names may be unfamiliar aragon etruria the kingdom of the two burgundies their stories should change the mental map of the past this is davies at his best sweeping narrative 1 - 2 weken .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 oktober 2011

Aantal pagina's: 848

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

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Hoofdauteur: Norman Davies

Tweede Auteur: Derek Perkins

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin

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EAN: 9780141960487

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