Centuries of change : which century saw the most change and why it matters to us / Ian Mortimer.

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.