Jones, Dan Mächte und Throne. Eine neue Geschichte des Mittelalters

When the once mighty Roman Empire collapsed and new, "barbaric" rulers came to power, a thousand-year phase of transformation began in western Eurasia. Dan Jones confidently cuts a path through the distant world of kings and queens, popes, farmers, monks and crusaders, merchants, artists and scholars. His book condenses the history of the Middle Ages in all its complexity and uses the latest research into a great epic tale.

The Middle Ages are associated with great names, from Augustine and Attila to the prophet Mohammed, Genghis Khan and Eleanor of Aquitaine to Columbus and Luther, but it was at least as strongly shaped by anonymous forces that continue to concern us today: changes in the climate, Plagues, displacements and migrations, technological revolutions and discoveries. It was a time when great nations emerged, principles of law and government were codified, churches emerged as political and moral power, and art, architecture, philosophy, and science were reinvented. With a clear eye for the essentials and a sense for the meaningful details, Dan Jones tells how the changes sometimes took place quietly and sometimes loudly and violently, and in doing so sheds new light on the great upheaval that continues to shape our lives today.