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(0)Peter Heather
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Español
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Durante los últimos tres siglos, Occidente extendió inexorablemente su domino sobre el planeta. Pero, de repente, con el cambio de milenio, este rumbo parece haberse invertido. Enfrentado a un escenario de estancamiento económico, división política y retroceso demográfico, Occidente parece precipitarse hacia un acelerado declive. No es la primera vez que la historia asiste a un ascenso y a una caída tan vertiginosos. El Imperio romano siguió...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as "Augustulus," was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across much of the old empire still lived, holding on...
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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A new perspective on parallels between ancient Rome and the modern world, and what comes next
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â[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist.ââThe Economist
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Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, around the start of the new millennium, history took a dramatic turn. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found...
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â[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist.ââThe Economist
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Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, around the start of the new millennium, history took a dramatic turn. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A major reinterpretation of the religious superstate that came to define both Europe and Christianity itself, by one of our foremost medieval historians. In the 4th century AD, a new faith grew out of Palestine, overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and resoundingly defeating a host of other rival belief systems. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised...