Bibliograph

Millennium, from religion to revolution : how civilization has changed over a thousand years, Ian Mortimer

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Label

Millennium, from religion to revolution : how civilization has changed over a thousand years, Ian Mortimer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-377) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Millennium

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

940362359

Responsibility statement

Ian Mortimer

Sub title

from religion to revolution : how civilization has changed over a thousand years

Summary

"History's greatest tour guide--Ian Mortimer--takes us on an eye-opening and expansive journey through the last millennium of human innovation"--Front jacket flap

Table Of Contents

1001-1100: the eleventh century. The growth of the Western Church ; Peace ; The discontinuation of slavery ; Structural engineering -- 1101-1200: the twelfth century. Population growth ; The expansion of the monastic network ; The intellectual renaissance ; Medicine ; The rule of law -- 1201-1300: the thirteenth century. Commerce ; Education ; Accountability ; Friars ; Travel -- 1301-1400: the fourteenth century. The Black Death ; Projectile warfare ; Nationalism ; Vernacular languages -- 1401-1500: the fifteenth century. The age of discovery ; Measuring time ; Individualism ; Realism and Renaissance naturalism -- 1501-1600: the sixteenth century. Printed books and literacy ; The Reformation ; Firearms ; The decline of private violence ; The foundation of European empires -- 1601-1700: the seventeenth century. The Scientific Revolution ; The Medical Revolution ; Settlement of the world ; The social contract ; Rise of the middle classes -- 1701-1800: the eighteenth century. Transport and communications ; The Agricultural Revolution ; Enlightenment liberalism ; Economic theory ; The Industrial Revolution ; Political revolution -- 1801-1900: the nineteenth century. Population growth and urbanisation ; Transport ; Communications ; Public health and sanitation ; Photography ; Social reform -- 1901-2000: the twentieth century. Transport ; War ; Life expectancy ; The media ; Electrical and electronic appliances ; The invention of the future -- Which century saw the most change? Stability and change ; A scale of needs ; Social change in relation to the scale of needs ; The end of history? ; The principal agent of change -- Envoi: Why it matters

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