The edge of the world : a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe
Tells the story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea, uncovering a lost history of a thousand years rife with saints, spies, pirates, philosophers, artists, and intellectuals.
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Europe > History > 476-1492. Europe, Northern > History. Europe, Northern > Civilization. North Sea > History. |
- ISBN: 1605986992
- ISBN: 9781605986999
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Physical Description
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394 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm - Edition First Pegasus Books edition.
- Publisher New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.
- Copyright ©2014
Content descriptions
General Note: | Maps on endpapers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-376) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The invention of money -- The book trade -- Making enemies -- Settling -- Fashion -- Writing the law -- Overseeing nature -- Science and money -- Dealers rule -- Love and capital -- The plague laws -- The city and the world. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 38.57 |