Europe : a new history / Roderick Beaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaton, Roderick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Renaissance.

Nationalism.

Imperialism.

Colonization.

renaissance.

nationalism.

Europe--Civilization--History.

Europe.

Holy Roman Empire.

Greece--History.

Greece.

European Union countries.

Europe--History.

Europe--Civilization.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Informational works.

History

Informational works

Physical Description:

xxv, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2026.

Summary:

"What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before--as the history of an idea, and a collective identity. Since its dramatic birth in ancient Greece, 'Europe' has been defined, and redefined, by its people. Through this powerful lens, and with the narrative drive and scope of a novelist, Beaton deftly surveys Europe's major historical developments: the rise and fall of Rome; the explosion of Christianity; the intellectual ferment of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment; the arrival of Europeans in the Americas; the violent upheavals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and the uncertainties of the present. Throughout, original sources allow the voices of the past, from Tacitus to Thatcher, to speak for themselves. Grappling with the multilayered identities that have always come with being European, Europe places the Europe of today in a long arc of history stretching back more than 2,500 years"-- Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

List of illustrations

List of maps

About this book

Introduction: What do we (think we) mean by "Europe"?

The beginning of history and the invention of Europe (490 BCE-146 BCE)

"Power without end" (146 BCE-337 CE)

"Waiting for the barbarians" (337-800)

A tale of two empires (800-1204)

Breaking out

breaking up (1204-1556)

Becoming European

inventing civilization (1556-1789)

"The lightning of the nations" (1789-1871)

"Heart of darkness" (1871-1945)

Europe partitioned (1945-1989)

The "end of history" and the European Union (1989-2022)

Epilogue: Mariupol and after.

Notes:

Originally published in 2026 by Allen Lane in Great Britain.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-379) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781541603806

154160380X

OCLC:

1526500796

Publisher Number:

90103984153