The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950-1350

A Wave Of Internal Conquest, Settlement And Economic Growth Took Place In Europe During The High Middle Ages, Which Transformed It From A World Of Small Separate Communities Into A Network Of Powerful Kingdoms With Distinctive Cultures. In This Vivid And Provocative Book Robert Bartlett Vividly Shows How Europe Was Itself A Product Of Colonization, As Much As It Was Later A Colonizer, And What This Did To Shape The Continent And The World Today.