Libros de Historia de los países de Europa, página 27 de 112

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.

The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ... laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the British Empire for its former subjects. An essential read' Financial TimesIn the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's.

The Danube cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. Travelling its full length from east to west, the author embarks on a year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today.

From the Wolfson Prize-winning author of God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic BritainBetween the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, history changed. The grand narratives of the Enlightenment, concerned with kings and statesmen, gave way to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people. Oral history, costume history, the history of food and furniture, of Gothic architecture, theatre and much else were explored as never before.

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 fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir' Philippe SandsDecades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. 'I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people.' The result is an exceptional, often moving book.Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews.

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.

Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising . . .Low's conclusion is a valuable one.' The TelegraphThe gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years studying them in his role as Royal correspondent for The Times. Valentine Low asks the important questions: who really runs the show and, as Charles III begins his reign, what will happen next? Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers - the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle - to ensure its survival as a family, an ancient institution, and a pillar of the constitution. Today, as ever, a vast team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life.

A short and pithy introduction to the history of Russia as we know it today

Michel Zimmermann ha consagrat la major part de la seva obra historiografica a la Catalunya medieval, en particular als primers segles de la seva existencia. En aquest llibre estudia el naixement, la creacio de Catalunya, la formacio d?allo que podriem denominar la identitat catalana; el sorgiment i la consolidacio d?una comunitat humana caracteritzada per una llengua i uns costums comuns, amb institucions politiques i formes d?expressio originals i un espai propi. Catalunya, doncs, existeix com a realitat humana, territorial, cultural i politica. La seva genesi, clarament un fenomen medieval, es produeix en una sequencia cronologica (segles viii-xii) que compren des de les primeres manifestacions historiques d?individuacio de l?espai que esdevindria Catalunya fins al moment en que la difusio del nom demostra el reconeixement de la seva existencia, un proces que culmina amb la presa de consciencia col·lectiva i la identificacio com a entitat politica sobirana. Aquesta obra assenyala les etapes de la consolidacio de Catalunya en el paisatge europeu com a col·lectivitat conscient de la seva identitat propia i reconeguda a l?exterior, un fenomen historic que podriem qualificar de nacional o identitari i que es reconstrueix a partir de la documentacio, que aporta el punt de vista dels contemporanis sobre el seu univers quotidia.

Joseph Kessel - Maurice Druon : retour au pays des grands hommes. C'est encore le temps des héros, des aventuriers, des bâtisseurs. La vie ne leur fait pas peur. Ils la défient, ils la dévorent. Ils

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.

La Revolución Francesa fascina por su carácter excepcional de «acontecimiento» histórico. En los dos siglos que transcurrieron desde entonces, muchos historiadores y pensadores políticos intentaron i

Speck, W. A.El profesor Speck realiza un resumen conciso de esta historia que comprende el período que va desde la formación del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña en 1707 (fin de la soberanía disociada de Inglaterra y Escocia) hasta la incorporacion de los britanicos a la Comunidad Economica Europea.

Un livre d'une brûlante actualité sur le choix des dirigeants européens, depuis le début des années 1980 jusqu'à aujourd'hui, de sacrifier l'emploi... et les effets dévastateurs de ce choix.C'est une

Frédéric Hermel vit en Espagne depuis près de trente ans mais reste profondément attaché à ses racines : la France et son Pas-de-Calais natal. Exilé volontaire, il visite dans cet ouvrage les petits

La Unión Europea es la innovación democrática más avanzada en el actual contexto mundial; sin embargo, la idea de una Europa unida hunde sus raíces en nuestra historia común. Sin duda, Carlomagno fue una de las principales figuras en impulsar la plasmacion de la polis europea, pues durante su reinado parece que ya existia algun tipo de sentimiento de unidad o vinculo fruto de la union de lo romano y lo germanico en el Occidente europeo. Entonces, ¿que podemos aprender de Carlomagno que sea relevante para la Europa de hoy? Relanzo la administracion cortesana e imperial; emprendio ademas una serie de reformas sociales, economicas y en la agricultura; promovio un sistema unificado de moneda, pesos y medidas; la proteccion de comerciantes frente a peajes excesivos, asi como la revision de contratos entre señor y vasallo para limitar los abusos a los campesinos. Tambien contribuyo a un resurgimiento cultural, porque la cultura aparece desde el inicio como un vector relevante para la unidad europea.Con el fin de dar respuesta a estos y otros interrogantes, los textos de este libro surgen de las III Jornadas Carlomagno, celebradas en Gijon. Estas engloban un conjunto de de contribuciones que reconocen los valores culturales y sociales comunes de la Union Europea y recuerdan la figur

Juliette Benzoni dresse les portraits de 25 maris en tous genres, tragiques, modéles, farfelus ou encore trompés parmi lesquels d Artagnan, du Guesclin, le grand Condé, le Montespan, l archiduc Franç

L’incroyable histoire de la Ve République retrace l’histoire de notre constitution, à la fois déséquilibrée, imparfaite, mais solide et résistante aux tumultes de l’histoire. À la façon d’un report

Etienne Davodeau est auteur de bande dessinée. Benoît Collombat est grand reporter à France Inter. L''un est né en 1965, l''autre en 1970. Ils ont grandi sous la Ve République fondée par le généra