TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Dan
TI  - Powers and thrones: a new history of the Middle Ages 
SN  - 9781789543537 (hbk.) :
AV  - D117 
U1  - 909.07 JON 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Apollo
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - History
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - thema
KW  - European history
KW  - Medieval philosophy
KW  - Christianity
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Dan Jones's epic history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the 16th century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes that underpinned the success of the West: commerce, conquest and Christianity. Across 16 chapters, 'Powers and Thrones' shows how, at each stage in this story, successive Western powers thrived by attracting - or stealing - the most valuable resources, ideas and people from the rest of the world
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