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Millennium

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Abacus Software
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 10 : 0349119724
Pages : 476 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (119 users)

Download Millennium PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Abacus Software. This book was released on 2009 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward. But the anarchy of these years proved to be, not the portents of the end of the world, as many Christians had dreaded, but rather the birthpangs of a radically new order. MILLENNIUM is a stunning panoramic account of the two centuries on either side of the apocalyptic year 1000. This was the age of Canute, William the Conqueror and Pope Gregory VII, of Vikings, monks and serfs, of the earliest castles and the invention of knighthood, and of the primal conflict between church and state. The story of how the distinctive culture of Europe - restless, creative and dynamic - was forged from out of the convulsions of these extraordinary times is as fascinating and as momentous as any in history.

The Forge of Christendom

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Anchor Books
Release Date : 2010
ISBN 10 : 0307278700
Pages : 476 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (278 users)

Download The Forge of Christendom PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sweeping and hugely enlightening study of Western history."---The Providence Journal --

Millennium

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher :
Release Date : 2008-06-01
ISBN 10 : 0316027979
Pages : 464 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (27 users)

Download Millennium PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward. But the anarchy of these years proved to be, not the portents of the end of the world, as many Christians had dreaded, but rather the birthpangs of a radically new order.MILLENNIUM is a stunning panoramic account of the two centuries on either side of the apocalyptic year 1000. This was the age of Canute, William the Conqueror and Pope Gregory VII, of Vikings, monks and serfs, of the earliest castles and the invention of knighthood, and of the primal conflict between church and state. The story of how the distinctive culture of Europe - restless, creative and dynamic - was forged from out of the convulsions of these extraordinary times is as fascinating and as momentous as any in history.

Millennium

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-04-21
ISBN 10 : 9780748131044
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (748 users)

Download Millennium PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward. But the anarchy of these years proved to be, not the portents of the end of the world, as many Christians had dreaded, but rather the birthpangs of a radically new order. MILLENNIUM is a stunning panoramic account of the two centuries on either side of the apocalyptic year 1000. This was the age of Canute, William the Conqueror and Pope Gregory VII, of Vikings, monks and serfs, of the earliest castles and the invention of knighthood, and of the primal conflict between church and state. The story of how the distinctive culture of Europe - restless, creative and dynamic - was forged from out of the convulsions of these extraordinary times is as fascinating and as momentous as any in history.

Dominion

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-09-05
ISBN 10 : 9781408706978
Pages : 608 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (48 users)

Download Dominion PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny' Sunday Times History Book of the Year Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable. Widen the focus, though, and Christianity's enduring impact upon the West can be seen in the emergence of much that has traditionally been cast as its nemesis: in science, in secularism, and yes, even in atheism. That is why Dominion will place the story of how we came to be what we are, and how we think the way that we do, in the broadest historical context. Ranging in time from the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC to the on-going migration crisis in Europe today, and from Nebuchadnezzar to the Beatles, it will explore just what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and disruptive; how completely it came to saturate the mind-set of Latin Christendom; and why, in a West that has become increasingly doubtful of religion's claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. The aim is twofold: to make the reader appreciate just how novel and uncanny were Christian teachings when they first appeared in the world; and to make ourselves, and all that we take for granted, appear similarly strange in consequence. We stand at the end-point of an extraordinary transformation in the understanding of what it is to be human: one that can only be fully appreciated by tracing the arc of its parabola over millennia.

The Grand Finale

Author : Anton Wessels
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-07-13
ISBN 10 : 9781725276017
Pages : 340 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (725 users)

Download The Grand Finale PDF Full or another Format written by Anton Wessels and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We often hear that we are living in apocalyptic times. Wars like those in the Middle East are just more signs that the end is near. That, however, is a misunderstanding of the message of the Bible and the Qur'an. The basic meaning of "apocalypse" is disclosure, revelation, bringing to light what is happening now and what has happened throughout all of history. The "apocalypse" is not about making predictions about the future but about determining who bears responsibility for injustice in the world. In that sense, all times--including ours--are "apocalyptic," though in a different way than what is usually thought. Since the devastating Greek conquest of the world by Alexander the Great, there have been apocalyptic insights and "revelatory" readings of the whole Hebrew Bible. The same is true of the New Testament with "Rome" as the world power then. The same apocalyptic message is confirmed by the Qur'an when the Byzantines and the Persians fought for mastery of the world. The apocalyptic message is that God will put an end to the unjust dominion of violence, money, and lies. God's kingdom will certainly arrive, but not through violence--after all, there "is no violence in God" (Diognetus).

Rubicon

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-04-21
ISBN 10 : 9780748131051
Pages : 464 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (748 users)

Download Rubicon PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, Guardian 'Marvellously readable' Niall Ferguson The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon, and beyond; of Cicero, whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus, the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra, the queen who did the same. Tom Holland brings to life this strange and unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice, bloodshed and desire. Yet alien as it was, the Republic still holds up a mirror to us. Its citizens were obsessed by celebrity chefs, all-night dancing and exotic pets; they fought elections in law courts and were addicted to spin; they toppled foreign tyrants in the name of self-defence. Two thousand years may have passed, but we remain the Romans' heirs.

Dynasty

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-09-03
ISBN 10 : 9780748127894
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (748 users)

Download Dynasty PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is a wonderful, surging narrative - a brilliant and meticulous synthesis of the ancient sources . . . This is a story that should be read by anyone interested in history, politics or human nature - and it has never been better told' - Boris Johnson, Mail on Sunday Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. 'Augustus,' their new master called himself: 'The Divinely Favoured One'. The lurid glamour of the dynasty founded by Augustus has never faded. No other family can compare for sheer unsettling fascination with its gallery of leading characters. Tiberius, the great general who ended up a bitter recluse, notorious for his perversions; Caligula, the master of cruelty and humiliation who rode his chariot across the sea; Agrippina, the mother of Nero, manoeuvering to bring to power the son who would end up having her murdered; Nero himself, racing in the Olympics, marrying a eunuch, and building a pleasure palace over the fire-gutted centre of his capital. Now, in the sequel to Rubicon, Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Rome's first imperial dynasty. Dynasty traces the full astonishing story of its rule of the world: both the brilliance of its allure, and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. Ranging from the great capital rebuilt in marble by Augustus to the dank and barbarian-haunted forests of Germany, it is populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators. Dynasty is the portrait of a family that transformed and stupefied Rome.

In The Shadow Of The Sword

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-04-05
ISBN 10 : 9780748119516
Pages : 480 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (748 users)

Download In The Shadow Of The Sword PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this 'thrilling. . .profoundly important book' (Christopher Hart, Sunday Times) and Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, the acclaimed author of Rubicon gives a panoramic-and timely-account of the rise of Islam In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. But the changes that marked the period were more than merely political or even cultural: there was also a transformation of human society with incalculable consequences for the future. Today, over half the world's population subscribes to one of the various religions that took on something like their final form during the last centuries of antiquity. Wherever men or women are inspired by belief in a single god to think or behave in a certain way, they bear witness to the abiding impact of this extraordinary, convulsive age - though as Tom Holland demonstrates, much of what Jews, Christians and Muslims believe about the origins of their religion is open to debate. In the Shadow of the Sword explores how a succession of great empires came to identify themselves with a new and revolutionary understanding of the divine. It is a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement, and stars many of the most remarkable rulers ever seen. 'A compelling detective story of the highest order, In the Shadow of the Sword is also a dazzlingly colourful journey into the world of late antiquity. Every bit as thrilling a narrative history as Holland's previous works, In the Shadow of the Sword is also a profoundly important book. It makes public and popular what scholarship has been discovering for several decades now; and those discoveries suggest a wholesale revision of where Islam came from and what it is' (Christopher Hart, Sunday Times)

Persian Fire

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-04-21
ISBN 10 : 9780748131037
Pages : 448 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (748 users)

Download Persian Fire PDF Full or another Format written by Tom Holland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire which stretched from India to the shores of the Aegean. As a result of those conquests, Xerxes ruled as the most powerful man on the planet. Yet somehow, astonishingly, against the largest expeditionary force ever assembled, the Greeks of the mainland managed to hold out. The Persians were turned back. Greece remained free. Had the Greeks been defeated at Salamis, not only would the West have lost its first struggle for independence and survival, but it is unlikely that there would ever have been such and entity as the West at all. Tom Holland's brilliant new book describes the very first 'clash of Empires' between East and West. Once again he has found extraordinary parallels between the ancient world and our own. There is no competing popular book describing these events.

Cosmopolitanism without Foundations?

Author : Tamara Caraus
Publisher : Zeta Books
Release Date : 2015-06-10
ISBN 10 : 9786068266787
Pages : 280 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (68 users)

Download Cosmopolitanism without Foundations? PDF Full or another Format written by Tamara Caraus and published by Zeta Books. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nu s-au introdus date

Sites of Exposure

Author : John Russon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-28
ISBN 10 : 9780253029416
Pages : 202 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (253 users)

Download Sites of Exposure PDF Full or another Format written by John Russon and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Russon draws from a broad range of art and literature to show how philosophy speaks to the most basic and important questions in our everyday lives. In Sites of Exposure, Russon grapples with how personal experiences such as growing up and confronting death combine with broader issues such as political oppression, economic exploitation, and the destruction of the natural environment to make life meaningful. His is cutting-edge philosophical work, illuminated by original and rigorous thinking that relies on cross-cultural communication and engagement with the richness of human cultural history. These probing interpretations of the nature of phenomenology, the philosophy of art, history, and politics, are appropriate for students and scholars of philosophy at all levels.

Logbook of the Low Countries

Author : Wout van der Toorn
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2015-03-17
ISBN 10 : 9781634179997
Pages : 212 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (634 users)

Download Logbook of the Low Countries PDF Full or another Format written by Wout van der Toorn and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of their historic moments set against events in world history featuring highlights from art and science and illustrated with famous quotations.

Living Nonviolently

Author : Gabriel Moran
Publisher : Lexington Books
Release Date : 2011-03-31
ISBN 10 : 9780739150450
Pages : 218 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (739 users)

Download Living Nonviolently PDF Full or another Format written by Gabriel Moran and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Nonviolently: Language for Resisting Violence proposes distinctions of language that effectively address issues of force, power, aggressiveness, violence and war. No other book provides such a consistent language for living nonviolently through examples drawn from nonhuman animals, human infancy, personal transactions, domestic politics, and international conflicts.

The Two Swords

Author : Dick Westwood
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01
ISBN 10 : 9781618976826
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (618 users)

Download The Two Swords PDF Full or another Format written by Dick Westwood and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Swords is a sweeping overview of medieval European politics, in which author Dick Westwood highlights the events and forces that lead to the breakdown of the European cultural and political unity, which it had enjoyed under Roman rule. But a golden age of unity in Europe was not forgotten and there remained a prevailing belief, not in progress, but in the need to restore the unity, prosperity and security that had been lost. By the 10th century Europe's best minds were convinced that the Empire could be restored, and further perfected as a "Holy Roman Empire," designed by God to be ruled by the spiritual sword of the pope and a temporal sword wielded by the emperor. Together they would perfect an all-embracing Christendom, ready to await the return of Christ and his rule over the earth. But the two swords turned against each other and a united Christendom was lost. Nevertheless sentiment to restore European unity prevailed, ultimately leading to the formation of the European Union. Working for a multinational corporation and later for the Australian government as a senior diplomat, Dick Westwood has traveled, lived, and worked across much of the world. At the age of 20 he drove from London to Calcutta, via Afghanistan, and at 40 he went around the globe using surface transport. As a diplomat posted to numerous foreign assignments, Westwood has always strongly believed in acquiring a thorough understanding of the historical circumstances that have shaped the countries in which he served. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/DickWestwood

Religion and Politics in the Middle Ages / Religion und Politik im Mittelalter

Author : Ludger Körntgen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-01-30
ISBN 10 : 9783110262049
Pages : 234 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (11 users)

Download Religion and Politics in the Middle Ages / Religion und Politik im Mittelalter PDF Full or another Format written by Ludger Körntgen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increased interest in religion as a phenomenon and its various cultural contexts is encouraging a focus on the relationship between religion and politics. However, the political relevance of the religious and the interdependence between political and religious spheres has always been a major area of medieval research. The articles in this volume consider not only the principle inseparability of both spheres as previously established by research, but also the beginnings of a differentiation and relative autonomy of religion and politics within the framework of a comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom. This allows the identification of restrictions within the research traditions that are due to national histories and points to ways of overcoming these restrictions.

A Non-Anxious Presence

Author : Mark Sayers
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2022-05-03
ISBN 10 : 9780802475336
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (82 users)

Download A Non-Anxious Presence PDF Full or another Format written by Mark Sayers and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of recent history individuals and institutions could plan, execute, and flourish with their visions of a better world. Volatile, complex forces could be addressed and confronted with planning and management. But crisis is a great revealer. It knocks us off our thrones. It uncovers the weaknesses in our strategies and brings to light our myths and idols. Our past strategies run aground, smashed by unpredictable and chaotic waves. Yet in the midst of the chaos of a crisis comes opportunity. The history of the church tells us that crisis always precedes renewal, and the framework of renewal offers us new ways forward. A Non-Anxious Presence shows how that renewal happens and offers churches and leaders strategic ways to awaken the Church and see our culture changed for Christ.