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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.
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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81 of 82 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Millennium is an excellent book illuminating a little known but crucial period of European history. The style is the same as Holland's previous books Rubicon and Persian Fire. Just be aware that the Amazon page is misleading in that "The Forge of Christendom" is just an alternative title for "Millennium" so I hope they are not frequently bought together!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is Millenium, with a different cover and title. Very sharp practise here. Very sharp practise indeed. It's an entertaining read but it's still the same book in a different guise. It gets one star to draw people's attention to that fact; the text itself is a good 4 stars and is an enjoyable and flowing read.
Format:Paperback
This week I finished reading The Forge of Christendom , which is one of the most interesting books I have read in a very long time.
One of the things I like best about history is finding out how things fit together. School history seems to be very fragmented - Egyptians one term, then Tudors, then World War II, then Romans - and there are gaps which don't get filled at all.
I had some questions such as "If the Normans were north-men, ie Vikings, why did they come speaking French and building castles, rather than raping and pillaging like the Vikings that came straight from Scandinavia?" and "There was a Holy Roman Emperor till only a couple of centuries ago, who seems to have been a king in Germany - what's that about?"
This book answers those questions and lots more I hadn't even asked yet. It ties together things that were happening in lots of parts of Europe, connecting people who were at best names I had heard of with events and political movements. How did feudalism happen? What was the chain of events that led to the Pope sending people off on Crusade? How did Byzantium and the Saracens fit into the picture of Europe?
It's taken me a few weeks to get through the book, but it's been a fascinating journey.
One of the things I like best about history is finding out how things fit together. School history seems to be very fragmented - Egyptians one term, then Tudors, then World War II, then Romans - and there are gaps which don't get filled at all.
I had some questions such as "If the Normans were north-men, ie Vikings, why did they come speaking French and building castles, rather than raping and pillaging like the Vikings that came straight from Scandinavia?" and "There was a Holy Roman Emperor till only a couple of centuries ago, who seems to have been a king in Germany - what's that about?"
This book answers those questions and lots more I hadn't even asked yet. It ties together things that were happening in lots of parts of Europe, connecting people who were at best names I had heard of with events and political movements. How did feudalism happen? What was the chain of events that led to the Pope sending people off on Crusade? How did Byzantium and the Saracens fit into the picture of Europe?
It's taken me a few weeks to get through the book, but it's been a fascinating journey.
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