L' eredità di Roma. Storia d'Europa dal 400 al 1000 d. C.
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Dopo il crollo dell'impero romano d'Occidente, dal V al X secolo, sullo sfondo di un'Europa ampia che va dall'Irlanda a Costantinopoli e alla Russia, dalla Scandinavia a tutta l'area mediterranea, si incontrano, si scontrano, si organizzano popoli diversi come i Goti, i Franchi, i Vandali, i Bizantini, gli Arabi, i Vichinghi. Sono loro i protagonisti dell'Occidente post-romano, dell'impero bizantino e degli imperi d'Oriente, dell'impero carolingio e post-carolingio. Saranno loro a dare una nuova forma al mondo dopo Roma: tutti si dovranno confrontare con la sua eredità, mediandola, traendone spunto, rinnegandola. Solo dopo sei secoli dal tracollo dell'impero, l'ombra di Roma comincerà così lentamente a scomparire. L'alto Medioevo è stato spesso ridotto dalla storiografia tradizionale a puro intermezzo temporale tra l'impero romano e l'alba del Rinascimento, o all'opposto esaltato come origine quasi mitica delle identità nazionali europee. Per la prima volta un grande storico restituisce la complessità, i cambiamenti sociali, politici, culturali di un pezzo di storia spesso trascurato, dove l'Europa odierna affonda le sue radici.
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- Data di uscita: 22-09-2016
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Just to be clear: Chris Wickham does not believe that he can explain anything. He repeats this over and over, so you'll not get the wrong idea. Let's be very, very clear: nothing in history is 'inevitable,' everything is 'contingent,' and we'd be fools to write history with our hindsight. Nope, we s Leggi tutto
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A Really Good Book That Can Be Challenging to Read This is a challenging book to read. There is so much information crammed into every page that you have to read slowly or you'll miss something. And there are 550 pages of this. Having the information crammed so tight doesn't exactly make for an engag Leggi tutto
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