This fourth edition has been updated throughout to discuss the global Middle Ages, medieval slavery, climate change and intercontinental pandemics and European exchange with Africa, the Americas and Asia to provide students with a broader understanding of the medieval period which looks beyond the usual European boarders reflecting the new trends in teaching and research. Chapter summaries have been added to each chapter to support students' understanding of the topics, and the glossary has b...

Magisterial, brilliant, capacious and transformative' Kate Williams

Motherland by historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist Luke Pepera is a groundbreaking new exploration of African history and identity. He takes us on a personal journey discovering 500,000 years of African history and cultures in order to reclaim and reconnect with this extraordinary heritage. He tackles the question many people of African descent ask - Who are we? Where do we come from? What defines us? And it ...

A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east...For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China and Indi...

Following on from Danubia and the bestselling Germania, Lotharingia is the final instalment in Simon Winder's hilarious and informative personal exploration of European history.

Reveals how the ancient Maya have been perceived, portrayed and exploited over 500 years.

A fresh perspective on the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.