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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698688203321

Autore

Rietbergen P. J. A. N.

Titolo

Europe : a cultural history / / Peter Rietbergen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

9786610224661

1-280-22466-5

0-203-98315-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (514 p.)

Disciplina

940

Soggetti

Civilization - History

Wall maps.

Digital maps.

Raster data

Maps.

Europe Civilization

Europe History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; List of maps; Prologue; 1 Before 'Europe': towards an agricultural and sedentary society; 2 Rome and its empire: the effects and limits of cultural integration; 3 An empire lost-an empire won? Christianity and the Roman Empire; 4 Towards one religion for all; 5 Three worlds around the Inner Sea: western Christendom, eastern Christendom and Islam; 6 One world, many traditions. Elite culture and popular cultures: cosmopolitan norms and regional variations; Interlude; 7 A new society: Europe's changing views of man

8 A new society: Europe as a wider world9 A new society: Europe and the wider world since the fifteenth century; 10 A new society: migration, travel and the diffusion and integration of culture in Europe; 11 A new society: the 'Republic of Letters' as a virtual and virtuous world against a divided world; 12 A new society: from Humanism to the Enlightenment; 13 Europe's revolutions: freedom and consumption for



all?; 14 Progress a

Sommario/riassunto

This book portrays Europe's history as a series of four grand phases of continuity and change set in the context of political, social and economic developements. It will provide a stimulus for discussion amongst students and general readers.