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Short Oxford History of Europe Series

This series delves into the rich and complex history of Europe, spanning from antiquity to the modern era. Each volume focuses on a specific period or region, offering deep insights into the political, social, and cultural events that shaped the continent. Featuring contributions from leading historians, this collection provides an authoritative yet accessible journey for anyone interested in Europe's past.

The Early Middle Ages
The Eighteenth Century
Europe 1900-1945
The Sixteenth Century
Roman Europe

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  • Roman Europe

    • 377 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
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    Considering the viewpoints of both the conquerors and the conquered, this captivating volume traces the rise of Rome and the extension of Roman power across Europe from 1000 BC to AD 400. It reconstructs as much as possible the indigenous experience of contact with Rome, showing how Roman domination affected the already complex world of Iron Age Europe before leaving a new "barbarian" world in its wake.Roman Europe 1000 BC-AD 400 includes contributions from eight experts who use both literary and archaeological evidence to analyze the transformation of Europe and the origins of the Middle Ages. Featuring chapters on Iron Age Europe, Roman society, warfare and the army, economy and trade, religions, and the cultural implications of Roman conquest, the book also contains narrative chapters on war and politics.

    Roman Europe

  • The Sixteenth Century

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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    Looks at the 16th century, one of the most tumultuous periods of social and cultural transformation in European history. This work considers this period from various perspectives, including political, economic, religious, and intellectual history, and subject traditional explanations of these areas to revision in light of the modern scholarship.

    The Sixteenth Century

  • Europe 1900-1945

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    The penultimate volume in the Short Oxford History of Europe series analyses a period dominated by war, economic dislocation, revolution, and counter-revolution. In a set of thematic chapters, Julian Jackson and a leading international team of historians trace the continuities of the period, as well as the major ruptures of two World Wars.

    Europe 1900-1945

  • The Eighteenth Century

    • 314 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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    The eighteenth century was a time of expansion, forming the hinge between the old world and the new for, by its end, change was not only detectable, it was also seen to be irreversible. These specially commissioned chapters, written by experts in the field, address all the major issues in Europe's political, economic, religious, cultural, and international history. schovat popis

    The Eighteenth Century

  • The Early Middle Ages

    • 324 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
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    This book provides a set of thematic interpretations of one of the most dynamic and formative periods in Europe's history. Chapters from the world's leading scholars of the period offer an authoritative, up-to-date and exciting approach to the subject.

    The Early Middle Ages