| The Distorted Past: A Re-Interpretation of Europe Contributor(s): Fontana, Josep (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631176225 ISBN-13: 9780631176220 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $50.44 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1995 Annotation: This book turns the received wisdom of European history inside out. From the time of the ancient Greeks, the European peoples have defined themselves a sense of superiority by comparing their societies, cultures and traditions with those of their neighbours and with communities encountered further afield. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.072 |
| LCCN: 94039077 |
| Series: Making of Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.26" W x 9.34" (1.13 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book turns the received wisdom of European history inside out. From discussions of the Gothic, Hun and Vandal invasions and the fall of the Roman Empire, through other great events and issues of European history, Josep Fontana re-examines the traditional acceptance of such ideas as classical heritage, medieval Christendom, reformation and counter-reformation, absolutism, and the idea of progress. At the same time he draws attention to the existence and validity of dissidence, rebellion and variety which are, for him, identifying marks of Europe. |