About this title: An enthralling popular history of how the threatened Christian kingdoms of Europe converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance at the turn of the last millennium. of photos.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1998
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 299 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Enter the world of 1000 A.D., when Vikings, Moors, and barbarians battled kings and popes for the fate of Europe. As the millennium approached, Europeans feared the world would end. The old order was crumbling, and terrifying and confusing new ideas were gaining hold in the populace. Random and horrific violence seemed to sprout everywhere without warning, and without apparent remedy. And, in fact, ... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1998
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 299 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Corners lightly rubbed. Another copy available. "Enter the world of 1000 A.D., when Vikings, Moors, and barbarians battled kings and popes for the fate of Europe. As the millennium approached, Europeans feared the world would end. The old order was crumbling, and terrifying and confusing new ideas were gaining hold in the populace. Random and horrific violence seemed to sprout everywhere without ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ANCHOR
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780385483360ISBN:0385483368
Description: New. An enthralling popular history of how the threatened Christian kingdoms of Europe converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance at the turn of the last millennium. of photos. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 1999-02-16
ISBN-13:9780385483360ISBN:0385483368
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"Took me ages to finish this one, because I was only reading it before bed at night (which occasionally gave me weird dreams!). An interesting history of European cultures at the turn of the first millennium."
"This is an excellent tale of Europe at the turn of the first millennium. What the author puts forward in this book is a very good portrayal of one of the turning points of world history by examining the people that shaped history then. That is not an easy task; reliable records of the time are not many. It adds to the wonder and mystery of the time. In the space of 50 years, be it by the sword, the scheming of politics or else Europe went from being predominantly pagan to being Christian.
I had a lot of fun with this book, and I would recommend it to any history fan."
"This is an enjoyable quick read. Any of these chapters could warrant their own books, really. I like the reliance on oral history in addition to what can be concretely backed up--makes the figures really come alive.
The "portrait" chapters give the book a certain lack of focus (it's very hard to follow what Reston is trying to do), and unfortunately the lack of focus becomes more pronounced the further along you go."
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