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Author : Przemysław Urbańczyk
Release : 2001
Genre : Civilization, Medieval
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Book Synopsis Europe Around the Year 1000 by : Przemysław Urbańczyk
Download or read book Europe Around the Year 1000 written by Przemysław Urbańczyk. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Lacey
Release : 2000
Genre : England
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Book Rating : 067/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Year 1000 by : Robert Lacey
Download or read book The Year 1000 written by Robert Lacey. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE 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 : James Reston, Jr.
Release : 1999-02-16
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 368/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Last Apocalypse by : James Reston, Jr.
Download or read book The Last Apocalypse written by James Reston, Jr.. This book was released on 1999-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accomplished 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 : Valerie Hansen
Release : 2021-04-20
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 119/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Year 1000 by : Valerie Hansen
Download or read book The Year 1000 written by Valerie Hansen. This book was released on 2021-04-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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 : Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Release : 2017-05-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 019/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Internal Colonization in Medieval Europe by : Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Download or read book Internal Colonization in Medieval Europe written by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. This book was released on 2017-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the year 1000 Rodulfus Glaber described France as being in the throes of a building boom. He may have been the first writer to perceive the early medieval period as a Dark Age that was ending to be replaced by a better world. In the articles gathered here distinguished medieval historians discuss the ways in which this transformation took place. European society was becoming more stable, the climate was improving, and the population increasing so that it was necessary to increase food production. These circumstances in turn led to the cutting down of forests, the draining of wetlands, and the creation of pastures on higher elevations from which the glaciers had retreated. New towns were established to serve as economic and administrative centers. These developments were witness to the processes of internal colonization that helped create medieval Europe.
