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This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets - their story is the story of Brita

Cuando pensamos en el pasado de Europa, pensamos en la historia de países que existen hoy -Francia, Inglaterra, España, Alemania, Rusia, etcétera. Y los historiadores se suelen centrar en la historia de paises que todavia perviven. Pero la historia de Europa esta plagada de reinos, ducados, imperios y republicas ya desaparecidos que tuvieron un papel predominante en su tiempo: el Reino de Aragon, que llego a dominar el Mediterraneo occidental; el Gran Ducado de Lituania, durante decadas el pais mas grande de Europa; los sucesivos reinos y ducados de Borgoña, cuya brillante historia tiende a olvidarse; el reino imperial de Arles, el Sacro Imperio Romano Germanico, el Imperio Bizantino. O los mas cercanos a nosotros, pero que igualmente se desvanecieron, como los Reinos de Prusia, de Cerdeña o de Galitzia, hasta llegar a Yugoslavia o la Union Sovietica. Este libro estimulante y sorprendente, lleno de historias inesperadas, observaciones y conexiones deslumbrantes, nos ofrece una perspectiva original de la historia de Europa. Y nos recuerda que la nave del Estado -segun la memorable metafora de Platon- ''no navega para siempre. Las naves a veces capean las tormentas, a veces se van a pique. En algunas ocasiones logran llegar al puerto para ser reparadas; en otras, dañadas sin remedio, se desguazan, o se hunden, cayendo bajo la superficie hacia una recondita postrera morada entre peces y percebes''.Cuando pensamos en el pasado de Europa, pensamos en la historia de países que existen hoy -Francia, Inglaterra, España, Alemania, Rusia, etcétera. Y los historiadores se suelen centrar en la historia de paises que todavia perviven. Pero la historia de Europa esta plagada de reinos, ducados, imperios y republicas ya desaparecidos que tuvieron un papel predominante en su tiempo: el Reino de Aragon, que llego a dominar el Mediterraneo occidental; el Gran Ducado de Lituania, durante decadas el pais mas grande de Europa; los sucesivos reinos y ducados de Borgoña, cuya brillante historia tiende a olvidarse; el reino imperial de Arles, el Sacro Imperio Romano Germanico, el Imperio Bizantino. O los mas cercanos a nosotros, pero que igualmente se desvanecieron, como los Reinos de Prusia, de Cerdeña o de Galitzia, hasta llegar a Yugoslavia o la Union Sovietica. Este libro estimulante y sorprendente, lleno de historias inesperadas, observaciones y conexiones deslumbrantes, nos ofrece una perspectiva original de la historia de Europa. Y nos recuerda que la nave del Estado -segun la memorable metafora de Platon- ''no navega para siempre. Las naves a veces capean las tormentas, a veces se van a pique. En algunas ocasiones logran llegar al puerto para ser reparadas; en otras, dañadas sin remedio, se desguazan, o se hunden, cayendo bajo la superficie hacia una recondita postrera morada entre peces y percebes''.

Aunque el tema central esté enfocado en el periodo de los 70 y una parte de los 80, el autor no olvida situar al lector en el entorno histórico, político y social que precedió ese momento histórico. Tras una visión general, se narra el nacimiento, la evolución ideológica, la estrategia armada y el declive del principal grupo terrorista italiano: las Brigadas Rojas. Se pasa revista a su brutalidad, se detalla la vida de los principales terroristas, se analiza la reacción del Estado italiano y se acaba examinando la situación actual y el peligro de que algún tipo de violencia sectaria vuelva a aparecer en este país. Todo esto se lleva a cabo sin juzgar los hechos históricos sino interpretándolos, aplicando de manera imparcial y científica una abundante bibliografía, y un considerable volumen de documentos originales fruto de un meticuloso trabajo. Característica a destacar de este libro es también su ágil estilo de prosa que favorece su lectura y que atrapa al lector.

El autor pretende reflexionar sobre el dilema de Kosovo proporcionando información lo más completa posible y encuadrar eld ebate sobre es estatus y el propio devenir el drama acontecido en Kosovo dur

La redacción de la Historia consiste tanto en una actitud como en una satisfacción personal para los escritores de los siglos XIV y XV, que consideran un libro dedicado al soberano como una ocasión para darle lecciones de gobierno. Para Pero Lopez de Ayala, Fernan Perez de Guzman, Diego de Valera, Alfonso de Palencia o Hernando del Pulgar, la historia de Castilla se convierte en mensaje politico, con argumentos, ejemplos escogidos y reflexiones para las generaciones futuras.

CHARLES TILLY, es profesor en la New School for Social Research de Nueva York, donde dirige el Center for Studies of Social Change. Entre sus libros podemos citar The Contentious French (1986) y Coercion, Capital and European States (1989).

Pocas obras dicen tanto en su título como la que aquí se presenta. Porque, en La fiesta revolucionaria de Mona Ozouf, quedan contenidas todas esas políticas de la Revolución francesa de que hablara B. Baczko. Desde las primeras paginas del libro, el lector descubre que es la propia fiesta la que se abre al plural; que no hay fiesta, sino fiestas; que la fiesta es imaginario de la politica (el espectaculo de una comunidad como invencion de si misma), combate revolucionario (cada una de las gloriosas jornadas) e institucion (y aqui debe considerarse toda la problematica de la fundacion). Pero, al hilo del relato, ese mismo lector colige que la fiesta revolucionaria tambien es Una, que es forma de la que participan el moderantismo de los constituyentes, el ardor de los jacobinos del año II o la reaccion de los termidorianos.

HISTORIA DE EUROPA EL ADVENIMIENTO DE LA DEMOCRACIA es un libro del autor SALES Y FERRE, MANUEL/CAPELLAN DE MIGUEL editado por URGOITI. HISTORIA DE EUROPA EL ADVENIMIENTO DE LA DEMOCRACIA tiene un ci¿digo EAN 9788494629693, de la coleccii¿n HISTORIADORES y consta de 230 pi¿ginas.

Emerging from a collection of city states 150 years ago, no other country has had as turbulent a history as Germany or enjoyed so much prosperity in such a short time frame. Today, as much of the world succumbs to authoritarianism and democracy is undermined from its heart, Germany stands as a bulwark for decency and stability.Mixing personal journey and anecdote with compelling empirical evidence, this is a critical and entertaining exploration of the country many in the West still love to hate. Raising important questions for our post-Brexit landscape, Kampfner asks why, despite its faults, Germany has become a model for others to emulate, while Britain fails to tackle contemporary challenges. Part memoir, part history, part travelogue, Why the Germans Do It Better is a rich and witty portrait of an eternally fascinating country.

The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry club: Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with Dead Poets Society

A FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A must read' - Janina Ramirez, bestselling author of Femina'An eye-opening history of Britain's enduring fixation with its own past' - Jeremy Paxman'Rule, Nostalgia announces Woods as one of the most interesting new historians of her generation' - Dan SnowLonging to go back to the 'good old days' is nothing new. For hundreds of years, the British have mourned the loss of tradition and called for a revival of 'simpler', 'better' ways of life, from modern politicians indulging in fantasies of an imperial past, to Victorian artists yearning to retreat into a medieval dream of Merry England. But were the 'good old days' ever quite how we remember them?

Excellent... It is a tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island's history - and O'Keeffe tells it beautifully' The TimesCharles Edward Stuart's campaign to seize the British throne ended with one of the quickest defeats in history: on 16 April 1746, at Culloden, his Jacobite army was overpowered in under forty minutes. Its brutal repercussions, however, endured for years, its legacy for centuries.Paul O'Keeffe follows the Jacobite army from initial victories to calamitous defeat. Exploring the battle's aftermath, he chronicles the Jacobite prisoners paying for their treason on block and gibbet while those granted 'the King's mercy' suffered the fate of forced labour on plantations in the colonies. While Stuart's cause eventually acquired an aura of romanticism, the Jacobite Rising remains one of the most bloody and divisive conflicts in British domestic history, which resonates to this day.

An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph 'On nearly every page a random passage takes one's breath away' The Times Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. In the beginning was Watling Street, the first road scored on the land when the invading Romans arrived on a cold and alien Kentish shore in 43 CE.

A Daily Express Book of the YearEngrossing grips you and doesnt let go. The SpectatorWaterdrinkers gift for savage comedy and his war correspondents eye have few contemporary equivalents. The TimesA thrilling escapade through the Soviet Union of the 90s and early 2000s by a tour guide turned smuggler turned novelist, that tells the unputdownable story of modern Russia.One day, in 1988, a priest knocks on Pieter Waterdrinkers door with an unusual request: will he smuggle seven thousand bibles into the Soviet Union? Pieter agrees, and soon finds himself living in the midst of one of the biggest social and cultural revolutions of our time, working as a tour operator ... with a sideline in contraband. During the next thirty years, he witnesses, and is sometimes part of, the seismic changes that transform Russia into the modern state we know it as today.This riveting blend of memoir and history provides startling insight into the emergence of one of the worlds most powerful and dangerous countries, as well as telling a nail-biting, laugh-out-loud adventure story that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in BritainThe 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future, once the immediate Covid crisis has passed?In A Duty of Care, Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (before covid) and AC (after covid). He looks back to Sir William Beveridge's classic identification of the 'five giants' against which society had to battle - want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness - and laid the foundations for the modern welfare state in his wartime report. He examines the steady assault on the giants by successive post-war governments and asks what the comparable giants are now.He lays out the 'road to 2045' with 'a new Beveridge' to build a consensus for post-covid Britain with the ambition and on the scale that was achieved by the first.

A spectacular collection of aerial photographs of Britain's most extraordinary prehistoric sites.This breathtaking collection of aerial images reveals ancient monuments from all around the British Isles, as they have never been seen before: Neolithic enclosures, cairns and stone circles; Bronze Age villages, farmsteads, tombs and burial mounds; and Iron Age hillforts, all photographed in spectacular birds-eye-view detail.Photographs taken directly above the sites, often at dawn, allow uniquely informative views, showing not only how ancient monuments fit into the surrounding landscape, but also how they define or respond to the areas natural character. Stone cairns and circles evoke lost rituals and religious ceremonies; Iron Age ramparts hint at former strongholds; and tangible geographical clues reveal the scars of real or mythical battles. The oldest site in the collection was created nearly 6,000 years ago; the most recent originated shortly before the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERAfter the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these unprecedented changes sought to end the scourge of colonialism. But how committed was Britain? In the 1960s, its colonial instinct ignited once more: a secret decision was taken to offer the US a base at Diego Garcia, one of the islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, create a new colony (the 'British Indian Ocean Territory') and deport the entire local population.