The Isles: A History - Norman Davies Audiobook
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Written by one of the most brilliant and provocative historians at work today, The Isles is a revolutionary narrative history that presents a new perspective on the development of Britain and Ireland, looking at them not as self-contained islands, but as an inextricable part of Europe.
This richly layered history begins with the Celtic Supremacy in the last centuries BC, which is presented in the light of a Celtic world stretching all the way from Iberia to Asia Minor. Roman Britain is seen not as a unique phenomenon but as similar to the other frontier regions of the Roman Empire. The Viking Age is viewed not only through the eyes of the invaded but from the standpoint of the invaders themselves–Norse, Danes, and Normans. In the later chapters, Davies follows the growth of the United Kingdom and charts the rise and fall of the main pillars of ‘Britishness’–the Royal Navy, the Westminster Parliament, the Constitutional Monarchy, the Aristocracy, the British Empire, and the English Language.
This holistic approach challenges the traditional nationalist picture of a thousand years of “eternal England”–a unique country formed at an early date by Anglo-Saxon kings which evolved in isolation and, except for the Norman Conquest, was only marginally affected by continental affairs. The result is a new picture of the Isles, one of four countries–England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales–constantly buffeted by continental storms and repeatedly transformed by them.
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This post has 5 comments with rating of 5/5
August 11th, 2019
Thank you!
August 11th, 2019
More Norman - I’ve got this one on the old shelf as well. Never read it cover to cover, but what I have perused is excellent stuff.
August 11th, 2019
Sounds like a load of pro-European baloney in the wake of Brexit to try and convince people that Britain is ‘European’. Britain is different from Europe and has been since the fall of Rome. Most of Europe has been under the rule of absolute Monarchs, Nazis, Communists or Fascists because that has been their history since the fall of Rome - Napoleon, Louis, Hitler, Franco, Mussolini, Stalin - the list goes on. Britain, on the other hand, has lived under Anglo Saxon freedoms since Magna Carta. It is the legacy of the Anglosphere which leads the world in freedom today, not Europe.
August 12th, 2019
Great book - 20 years old now; examines the range of cross-fertilisation which always influences every level of culture.
August 15th, 2019
You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried iraqois. Really is no need to be so ignorant, and you’re writing it out on a site that provides books for free too. Amazing.
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