The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe - Paperback

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The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe - Paperback

The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe - Paperback

by Martyn Rady
$24.99
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An essential new history of Central Europe that "deftly unravels the strands of a long and complex past" (Wall Street Journal)

Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century's most important artistic movements.

Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells as never before the captivating story of two thousand years of Central Europe's history and its enduring significance in world affairs.
ISBN9781541606340
Author Martyn Rady
PublisherBasic Books
GenreHistory
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages640
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Martyn Rady

Martyn Rady is Masaryk Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, where he has taught for 25 years. He is also General Editor of The Slavonic and East European Review, and has an Honorary PhD from the Karoli University in Budapest. His books include Customary Law in Hungary: Courts, Texts and the Tripartitum, (OUP, 2015), and Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary, (Palgrave, 2001).

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