Centuries of change : which century saw the most change and why it matters to us /
Mortimer, Ian.
Centuries of change : which century saw the most change and why it matters to us / Ian Mortimer. - London : The Bodley Head, c2014. - 403 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. The eleventh Century.--2. The Twelfth Century.--3. The Thirteen Century.--4. The Fourteenth Century.--5. The Fifteenth Century.--6. The Sixteenth Century.--7. The Seventeenth Century.--8. The Eighteenth Century.--9. The Nineteenth Century.--10. The Twentieth Century.
Celebrated historian Ian Mortimer takes us on a whirlwind tour of Western history, pitting one century against another in his quest to measure change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict with each other on an epic scale.
9781847923035
SOCIAL CHANGE.
CIVILIZATION.
HM 626 .M67 2014
Centuries of change : which century saw the most change and why it matters to us / Ian Mortimer. - London : The Bodley Head, c2014. - 403 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. The eleventh Century.--2. The Twelfth Century.--3. The Thirteen Century.--4. The Fourteenth Century.--5. The Fifteenth Century.--6. The Sixteenth Century.--7. The Seventeenth Century.--8. The Eighteenth Century.--9. The Nineteenth Century.--10. The Twentieth Century.
Celebrated historian Ian Mortimer takes us on a whirlwind tour of Western history, pitting one century against another in his quest to measure change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict with each other on an epic scale.
9781847923035
SOCIAL CHANGE.
CIVILIZATION.
HM 626 .M67 2014
