The age between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Reformation is unique in European history. It was dominated by the Christian faith: a central pibot around which all other developments - political, social, intellectual and artistic - revolved.
But this book is not just about European history: world developments are covered from the rise of Islam to the first attempts at European colonization in the Americas. Islam was a faith as formative to the culture of the Middle East and India as was Christianity to that of Europe.
There are over 500 illustrations, more than 80 in colour.
The age between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Reformation is unique in European history. It was dominated by the Christian faith: a central pibot around which all other developments - political, social, intellectual and artistic - revolved.
But this book is not just about European history: world developments are covered from the rise of Islam to the first attempts at European colonization in the Americas. Islam was a faith as formative to the culture of the Middle East and India as was Christianity to that of Europe.
There are over 500 illustrations, more than 80 in colour.