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43 produkter
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
Häftad, 2024
149 kr
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What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigateOver the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with …
Christendom
The Triumph of a Religion
Häftad, 2023
208 kr
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'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review'A page-turner' The SpectatorIn the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and …
The Fall of the Roman Empire
A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Häftad, 2009
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289 kr
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The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated …
Rome Resurgent
War and Empire in the Age of Justinian
Häftad, 2020
301 kr
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Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region. Famous for his conquests in Italy and North Africa, and for the …
Empires and Barbarians
Migration, Development and the Birth of Europe
E-bok, 2010
139 kr
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At the start of the first millennium AD, southern and western Europe formed part of the Mediterranean-based Roman Empire, the largest state western Eurasia has ever known, and was set firmly on a trajectory towards towns, writing, mosaics, and central heating. Central, northern and eastern Europe …
Goths
Häftad, 1998
550 kr
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The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. At …
Goths and Romans 332-489
Inbunden, 1991
4074 kr
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This is a scholarly study of the collision of Goths and Romans in the fourth and fifth centuries. Gothic tribes played a major role in the destruction of the western half of the Roman Empire between 350 and 500, establishing successor kingdoms in southern France and Spain (the Visigoths), and in …
Goths and Romans 332-489
Häftad, 1994
1123 kr
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This book examines the collision of Goths and Romans in the fourth and fifth centuries. In these years Gothic tribes played a major role in the destruction of the western half of the Roman Empire, establishing successor states in southern France and Spain (the Visigoths) and in Italy (the …
Rome Resurgent
War and Empire in the Age of Justinian
Inbunden, 2018
422 kr
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Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region. Famous for his conquests in Italy and North Africa, and for the …
Rome Resurgent
War and Empire in the Age of Justinian
E-bok, 2018
227 kr
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Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region. Famous for his conquests in Italy and North Africa, and for the …
Rome Resurgent
War and Empire in the Age of Justinian
E-bok, 2018
227 kr
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Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region. Famous for his conquests in Italy and North Africa, and for the …
Empires and Barbarians
The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
Inbunden, 2009
477 kr
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Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analytic insight, Peter Heather explores the dynamics of migration and social and economic interaction that changed two vastly different worlds--the …
Fall of the Roman Empire
A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
E-bok, 2005
235 kr
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The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated …
Fall of the Roman Empire
A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
E-bok, 2007
235 kr
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The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated …
Restoration of Rome
Barbarian Popes & Imperial Pretenders
E-bok, 2013
139 kr
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In 476 AD the last of Rome’s emperors was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun’s henchmen, and the imperial vestments were despatched to Constantinople. The curtain fell on the Roman Empire in Western Europe, its territories divided between successor kingdoms constructed …
Christendom
The Triumph of a Religion
E-bok, 2022
147 kr
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'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review'A page-turner' The SpectatorIn the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and …
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
E-bok, 2023
125 kr
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What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigateOver the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with …
Christendom
The Triumph of a Religion
Ljudbok, 2022
210 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. A major new reinterpretation of Christendom, by one of our foremost medieval historians In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a …
Medieval Christianity: A Very Brief History
Häftad, 2020
110 kr
Kommande
Part One: The History (What do we know?)This brief historical introduction to Medieval Christianity explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context in which it emerged, and the major thinkers and writings to which it gave birth.What was its impact on the world …
Fall of the Roman Empire
A New History
Häftad, 2006
186 kr
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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 …
Fall of the Roman Empire
A New History
E-bok, 2010
252 kr
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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 …
Goths
Inbunden, 1996
1542 kr
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The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. At …
Restoration of Rome
Barbarian Popes & Imperial Pretenders
Häftad, 2014
242 kr
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In 476 AD the last of Rome’s emperors was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun’s henchmen, and the imperial vestments were despatched to Constantinople. The curtain fell on the Roman Empire in Western Europe, its territories divided between successor kingdoms constructed …
Empires and Barbarians
Häftad, 2018
267 kr
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At the start of the first millennium AD, southern and western Europe formed part of the Mediterranean-based Roman Empire, the largest state western Eurasia has ever known, and was set firmly on a trajectory towards towns, writing, mosaics, and central heating. Central, northern and eastern Europe …
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
Ljudbok, 2023
173 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself in freefall. This is not the first time the …
Invasion der Barbaren
Die Entstehung Europas im ersten Jahrtausend nach Christus
E-bok, 2011
204 kr
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Spätrömische Dekadenz und plündernde Vandalen: so lauten die Klischees über die sogenannte Völkerwanderungszeit. Doch wie entstand im ersten Jahrtausend aus dem hochentwickelten römischen Süden und dem barbarischen Norden die neue kulturelle Einheit Europa?Um Christi Geburt war Europa zweigeteilt …
