Books in the Making of Europe series

This is a concise, yet wide--ranging, history of the family in Europe from antiquity to the present day.

This book charts the development of law in Europe from its medieval origins to the present day. The author explores the changing social context for the relationship between law and culture and the development of political ideas about modern states.

This text describes the historical interrelationships in Europe between population, land, resources, and disease. By integrating the key component of culture the author provides a social and narrative history, from the first peopling of Europe to the end of the 20th century.

A history of the European city from the early Middle Ages until the present, this book is also an account of the relationship between urban life and the history of ideas and culture. It discusses the survival of urban culture after the collapse of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

This work illustrates the social, cultural, legal and, political conditions that European women have faced from the Middle Ages to the present day. It also explores women's ideas and ideals, and their struggle for civil, political, and social rights.

* Eastern Europea s foremost historian writes on the distinguishing characteristic of the West* Offers unusual perspective on a fascinating, yet under--researched aspect of European social and cultural history* Draws on a wide range of literary and cultural evidence. .

* A lively introduction to the birth of modern science exploring clashes between science and tradition. * Covers the key discoveries and experiments that advanced modern science. * Discusses the ideas that accompanied scientific advances, including the effects on religion and the view of God. .

This work examines the relationship between religion and society in Europe in the last two hundred years. Rene Remond shows the processes by which religious belief and practice in European society evolved and how these developments have affected politics and the machinery of the state.

aeo A clear account of the founding movement of the modern world. aeo Wide--ranging with England, Scotland and Ireland receiving most attention, plus many references to American thought. aeo Encompasses all aspects of The Enlightenment -- literary, political, philosophical, religious and scientific.

aeo A 2000 year history of the linked histories of food, culture and regional identity -- from Roman antiquity to the present. aeo The first book of its kind. aeo Scholarly in its range of reference, witty and accessible in style. aeo Covers all the regions of Europe.

This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late-tenth to the early-13th centuries. Professor Moore argues that the period witnessed the first true "revolution" in European society, characterized by a transformation in the economy, in family structures, and in the sources of power.

This text re-examines the traditional acceptance of such historical ideas as classical heritage, medieval Christendom, reformation and counter-reformation, absolutism and the idea of progress. It claims that the identifying marks of Europe are its dissidence, rebellion and variety.

* Historical coverage of a topical which remains central to European politics and society today. * Ranges across 1500 years of European history. * Discusses the present situation and looks to the future. .

This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. * Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe. * Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century.

The first general history of the evolution of states and nations in Europe from medieval times to the present. Written by one of the foremost of Germany's youngest generation of historians.

Provides a reinterpretation of the last five centuries of European history, a period characterized by war, revolt and contention, by the rise and struggles of states and empires, and by urbanization, enrichment and industrialization. This book focuses on revolutions and their origins in ambition and discontent.

Re-examines the place of the Renaissance in European and World history. Views the culture of Western Europe in co-existence with it's neighbours especially Byzantium and Islam. Examines the Renaissance movement in the whole of Europe from the centre to the peripheries.

Presents the author's view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.

The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia.

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity s first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography.