The Shortest History Of England

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615198153

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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hawes Pdf

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors; and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else on Earth. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented—yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America’s War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England’s break from the EU. We discover: why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons how the British Empire was undermined from within why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself and how populism spawned Brexit and its “new elite.” The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life—offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today’s headlines.

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610391436

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A Short History of England by Simon Jenkins Pdf

The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—-from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two world wars. But to understand their full sig­nificance we need to know the whole story. A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English histo­ry by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country’s birth, rise to global promi­nence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by Guardian columnist and LondonTimes former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today’s England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come.

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615195701

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The Shortest History of Germany: From Roman Frontier to the Heart of Europe - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hawes Pdf

A highlight reel of the must-know moments across two millennia of world-changing history—from the Roman age to Charlemagne to von Bismarck to Merkel. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy. “There’s no point studying the past unless it sheds some light on the present,” writes James Hawes in this brilliantly concise history that has already captivated hundreds of thousands of readers. “It is time, now more than ever, for us all to understand the real history of Germany.”

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : 谷月社
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Short History of England by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

I INTRODUCTION II THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN III THE AGE OF LEGENDS IV THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS V ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS VI THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES VII THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS VIII THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND IX NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS X THE WAR OF THE USURPERS XI THE REBELLION OF THE RICH XII SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS XIII THE AGE OF THE PURITANS XIV THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS XV THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS XVI ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS XVII THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN XVIII CONCLUSION

Author : James Hirst
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615199150

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The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hirst Pdf

Uncover the decisive moments that shaped a world-changing continent. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. Celebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 copies sold worldwide, this brief history is a global sensation propelled by a thesis of astonishing simplicity: Just three elements—German warfare, Greek and Roman culture, and Christianity—come together to explain everything else, from the Crusades to the Industrial Revolution. Hirst’s razor-sharp grasp of cause and effect helps us see with sparkling clarity how the history of Europe—the crucible of liberal democracy—shapes the way we live today.

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857205308

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Englanders and Huns by James Hawes Pdf

A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe. Half a century before 1914, most Britons saw the Germans as poor and rather comical cousins - and most Germans looked up to the British as their natural mentors. Over the next five decades, each came to think that the other simply had to be confronted - in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific and at last in the deadly race to cover the North Sea with dreadnoughts. But why? Why did so many Britons come to see in Germany everything that was fearful and abhorrent? Why did so many Germans come to see any German who called dobbel fohltwhile playing Das Lawn Tennisas the dupe of a global conspiracy? Packed with long-forgotten stories such as the murder of Queen Victoria's cook in Bohn, the disaster to Germany's ironclads under the White Cliffs, bizarre early colonial clashes and the precise, dark moment when Anglophobia begat modern anti-Semitism, this is the fifty-year saga of the tragic, and often tragicomic, delusions and miscalculations that led to the defining cataclysm of our times - the breaking of empires and the womb of horrors, the Great War. Richly illustrated with the words and pictures that formed our ancestors' disastrous opinions, it will forever change the telling of this fateful tale.

Author : James Heneage
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615199495

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The Shortest History of Greece: The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity (Shortest History) by James Heneage Pdf

Discover the cultural and political riches of Greece across 3,000 years, from classical might to modern rebirth. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers—the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great’s fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. “Byzantine” conjures decadence and deadly intrigue, yet the thousand-year empire that ruled from Constantinople and saved Europe twice from invasion was, in fact, Greek. Greece’s modern chapter, too, tells of triumph and calamity—from liberation and expansion to schism, homegrown dictatorship, Nazi occupation, and civil war. Today’s nation is battered by austerity, encroaching climate change, and a refugee crisis—yet unwavering in its ancient values. James Heneage captures the full Grecian drama in this riveting, short history, revealing Greece as the wellspring of Western civilization—and a model that may yet save modern democracy.

Author : Clyve Jones
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843837176

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A Short History of Parliament by Clyve Jones Pdf

This institutional history charts the development and evolution of parliament from the Scottish and Irish parliaments, through the post-Act of Union parliament and into the devolved assemblies of the 1990s. It considers all aspects of parliament as an institution, including membership, parties, constituencies and elections.

Author : JAMES. HAWES
Publisher : Black Incorporated
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1760641650

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The Shortest History of England by JAMES. HAWES Pdf

In the internationally acclaimed Shortest History of Germany, James Hawes showed that the whole sweep of a national story can be captured in a short book packed with maps and graphics, throwing striking new light on the present day. Now he does the same for his own country. From the Roman invasion through the Britons, Anglo-Saxons and Danes, via the Norman Conquest, the Anglo-French Empire and the Reformation, through the Civil War, Empire and the wars of the twentieth century, and up to the question-filled present, England emerges in a strange, new light. The world's most successful colonial culture is often seen as a uniquely stable Island Kingdom. A gallop through its story shows that it is, in fact, a place shot through with ancient fault lines, locked into European history and overlaid for the past thousand years with that most English of factors, a class system like nowhere else on Earth. With the Empire gone, Brexit looming and the break-up of the United Kingdom itself a real possibility, there's never been a time like this to understand the real history of England.

Author : Linda Jaivin
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615198214

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The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by Linda Jaivin Pdf

Journey across epic China—through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. As we enter the “Asian century,” China demands our attention for being an economic powerhouse, a beacon of rapid modernization, and an assertive geopolitical player. To understand the nation behind the headlines, we must take in its vibrant, tumultuous past—a story of “larger-than-life characters, philosophical arguments and political intrigues, military conflicts and social upheavals, artistic invention and technological innovation.” The Shortest History of China charts a path from China’s tribal origins through its storied imperial era and up to the modern Communist Party under Xi Jinping—including the rarely told story of women in China and the specters of corruption and disunity that continue to haunt the People’s Republic today. A master storyteller and exacting historian, Linda Jaivin distills this vast history into a short, riveting account that today’s globally minded readers will find indispensable.

Author : Hervé Picton
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443873000

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A Short History of the Church of England by Hervé Picton Pdf

The book retraces the history of the Church of England from the Henrician schism (1533–34) to the present day, and focuses on the complex relations between the Church and the State which, in the case of an established Church, are of paramount importance. Theological questions, and in particular the conflicting influences of Catholicism and Protestantism, in its various forms, are also examined. The religious settlement engineered by Elizabeth I and her advisers in the 16th century saved England from the atrocities of religious war. However, the countless theological battles and party feuds which have punctuated the history of the Church suggest that the Elizabethan settlement was not entirely successful. The Church of England today is a “broad Church”, hosting within its fold a wide range of traditions and beliefs. The coexistence between liberals and conservatives and, to a lesser extent, between Anglo-Catholics and Evangelicals, remains uneasy and the unity of the Church is fragile. The Church of England, whose increasingly vague doctrine and multifaceted liturgy can be baffling, is furthermore confronted with other pressing challenges, such as the rapidly growing secularization of British society and the issue of disestablishment, which are seriously undermining its role and influence as a national Church.

Author : William E. Burns
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9781438127378

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Brief History by William E. Burns Pdf

A Brief History of Great Britain narrates the history of Great Britain from the earliest times to the 21st century, covering the entire island England, Wales, and Scotland as well as associated archipelagos such as the Channel Islands, the Orkneys, and Ireland as they have influenced British history. The central story of this volume is the development of the British kingdom, including its rise and decline on the world stage. The book is built around a clear chronological political narrative while incorporating treatment of social, economic, and religious issues. Coverage includes: Early Settlements, Celts, and Romans Anglo-Saxons, Scots, and Vikings Scotland, England, and Wales Britain in the Late Middle Ages The Making of Protestant Britain Industry and Conquest Britain in the Age of Empire An Age of Crisis The Age of Consensus A House Divided.

Author : Mary Platt Parmele
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664580269

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A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland by Mary Platt Parmele Pdf

This history book is concise but very detailed and the author has succeeded in covering major events and figures in just enough detail to give understanding and knowledge, but not so much that the reader feels swamped by information. It covers the period from earliest times to 1900.

Author : Gwynne Dyer
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770866829

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The Shortest History of War by Gwynne Dyer Pdf

War has changed, but we have not. From our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the rival nuclear powers of today, whenever resources have been contested, we’ve gone to battle. Acclaimed historian Gwynne ­Dyer illuminates our many martial clashes in this brisk account, tracing warfare from prehistory to the world’s first cities — and on to the thousand-year “classical age” of combat, which ended when the firearm changed everything. He examines the brief interlude of “limited war” before eighteenth-century revolution ushered in “total war”— and how the devastation was halted by the nuclear shock of Hiroshima. Then came the Cold War and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which punctured the longest stretch of peace between major powers since World War II. For all our advanced technology and hyperconnected global society, we find ourselves once again on the brink as climate change heightens competition for resources and superpowers stand ready with atomic bombs, drones, and futuristic “autonomous” weapons in development. Throughout, Dyer delves into anthropology, psychology, and other relevant fields to unmask the drivers of conflict. The Shortest History of War is for anyone who wants to understand the role of war in the human story — and how we can prevent it from defining our future.

Author : Edward Potts Cheyney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048742071

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A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney Pdf