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<strong>Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation.</strong><br /><br /><em>The Shortest History of Europe</em> begins with a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of classical learning, Christianity and German warrior culture. Over the centuries, this unstable blend produced highly distinctive characters - pious knights and belligerent popes, romantics spouting folklore and revolutionaries imitating Rome - and its coming apart provided the dynamic of European history in modern times.<br /><br />Accompanied by lively illustrations, <em>The Shortest History of Europe</em> is a clear, humorous and thought-provoking account of a remarkable civilisation. This new edition brings the story into the present, covering the world wars and beyond.