Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The physical basis of European history; Part I. The classical civilisations; 2. Europe in the classical period; Part II. The Middle Ages; 3. From the second to the ninth century; 4. Europe in the age of Charlemagne; 5. From the ninth to the fourteenth century; 7. The late Middle Ages; Part III. Modern Europe; 8. Renaissance Europe; 9. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century; Part IV. The Industrial Revolution and after; 10. Europe on the eve of the Industrial Revolution; 11. The nineteenth century; 12. Europe on the eve of World War I; Index.

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The central theme of this book is the changing spatial pattern of human activities during the last 2,500 years of Europe's history.