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The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West

The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West

Holland, Tom

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Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral ChristianityGeneral European History

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ISBN10: 0307278700
ISBN13: 9780307278708
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: Jun 1 2010
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.13
Height: 1.14 Width: 5.33 Depth: 7.96
Language: English
A grand history of the rise of Western Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and co-host of the hit podcast The Rest Is History

An entertaining account of the fraught last years of the Dark Ages.--The Wall Street Journal

An enjoyable and exuberantly argued book . . . Holland combines sound scholarly credentials with a gift for storytelling on a magisterial scale.--The Economist

At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of Western Europe suddenly found themselves with no choice but to begin the heroic task of building a Jerusalem on earth.

In The Forge of Christendom, Tom Holland masterfully describes this remarkable new age, a time of caliphs and Viking sea kings, the spread of castles and the invention of knighthood. It was one of the most significant departure points in history: the emergence of Western Europe as a distinctive and expansionist power.

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