The introduction to this concluding volume in The Short Oxford History of Europe series begins with a vivid contrast, setting the struggle for survival in a devastated rubble-strewn street of East Berlin in 1945 against the same location in the reunited city at the end of the century, unrecognizable in its gleaming, confident, cosmopolitan affluence. It brings home the extraordinary waves of transformation that have washed across Europe in the second half of the 20th century, sketching out the major general patterns of this change, and exploring some of the local themes and variations in...

This book provides a set of thematic interpretations of one of the most dynamic and crucial periods in the formation of Europe, covering the politics, society, economy, culture, and religion of the Early Middle Ages. It focuses primarily on the territory of Latin Christian Europe, but also incorporates comparisons with other areas affected by Western European civilization, including Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and Byzantium. The Early Middle Ages offers an authoritative and exciting examination of the complexities and excitement of six hundred years of transition.

Classical Greece provides an analysis of the physical setting of and the archaic legacy to the classical city, its economy, its civic and religious institutions, the waging of war between cities, the occurrence and ancient analysis of conflict within the city, and the private life of the citizen, finishing with history through the fifth and fourth centuries. Robin Osborne presents us with a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative book that will be enjoyed by classics and history students; students taking courses in classical Greek literature, philosophy, art, and archaeology; academics; and...