A History of Power in Europe

Blockmans, W.

ISBN 10: 906153383X / ISBN 13: 9789061533832

Published by Banque Paribas, 1997

About this Item

The book is in as new condition, but there is a heavy scarring on the front cover which has gone through to the boards beneath. Some minor cosmetic wear to the dust jacket as well, but the book is generally in very good order. A History of Power in Europe was published by Fonds Mercator of the Banque Paribas in the spring of 1997 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. 1st Edition. This is the English language hardback edition. This sumptuously printed and illustrated work offers a masterful analysis of the different configurations of power and their significance in European history over the past millennium. In doing so, the book provides an invaluable account of Western thought and politics. This work contains more than 350 illustrations: paintings, engravings, relics, frescoes, illuminating manuscripts, tapestries, family trees, and maps which perfectly illustrate the author's thesis. Luxurious blue publisher binding and dust jacket. Over 400 large format well-presented pages, weighing in at 2.4 kilogrammes. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of Power in Europe
• Publisher: Banque Paribas
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 906153383X
• ISBN 13: 9789061533832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

From Dust Jacket Moving from the time when nation-states first appeared in Europe, around A.D. 1000, through the Crusades and the Renaissance, wars, annexations, revolutions, and the rise of new forms of government, this broad and ambitious study offers a provocative and original perspective on the exercise of power and its effects.... Wim Blockmans investigates the exercise of power in European society through detailed analysis of three broad fields; politics, economics, and culture. The more these three areas overlap, he argues, the more absolute is the power. Thus, the movement of populations, the relationship of religions to secular powers, the arts of cities, courts, and villages all fall under his scrutiny. For most of this millennium visual representations have been rulers' and governments' key tools of persuasion. Here, more than 350 illustrations - paintings, engravings, reliquaries, frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, genealogical charts, maps, coins, even chess pieces - brilliantly illuminate Blockmans's thesis. Works by artists as diverse as Giorgio Vasari, Rembrandt, Albrecht Durer, El Greco, Edvard Munch, and Paul Gauguin depicting subjects as varied as religious allegories, portraits of the Medici family, witch trials in sixteenth-century Germany, religious extremism in Northern Ireland, Stalinist architecture, naval battles, and more converge to present a complete picture of European power structures and struggles over the last thousand years.