The Crucible of Europe: The Ninth and Tenth Centuries in European History ebook

by Geoffrey Barraclough

The Crucible of Europe book.

The Crucible of Europe book. Professor Barraclough presents a study of that largely neglected period in European history between 800 and 1150 which encompassed the transition from the empire of Charles the Great to the medieval world of nation-states.

Geoffrey Barraclough (10 May 1908, Bradford – 26 December 1984, Burford) was an English historian, known as. .The Crucible of Europe: the Ninth and Tenth Centuries In European History (1976) later as The Crucible of the Middle Ages. The Times Atlas of World History (1978).

Geoffrey Barraclough (10 May 1908, Bradford – 26 December 1984, Burford) was an English historian, known as a medievalist and historian of Germany. He was educated at Bootham School (1921–1924) in York and at Bradford Grammar School (1924–1925) . Main Trends in History (1978). The Turning Points in World History (1979). The Christian World: A Social and Cultural History of Christianity (1981).

Barraclough, Geoffrey, 1908-1984. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Delaware County District Library (Ohio).

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Barraclough tells a good narrative when he needs to, deals with important historical cruces when it seems worthwhile, and the book has lots of nice pictures. Be aware that this isn't social history or cultural history: it's about the big names (I mean, they're not that big. They didn't get called the Dark Ages for nothing) and how power was taken, imposed and lost. But in 160 odd pages, what more could you want? Livelier prose, maybe? A little more on the growth of the Eastern European states? A little less on the origins of British political units? Well yes.

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Gogul

In the "Crucible of Europe: The Ninth and Tenth Centuries in European History", Geoffrey Barraclough applies his impressive scholarly skills to an analysis of an interesting and important time period in the history of Europe. This is not a book for beginners. It runs only 166 pages and Barraclough utilizes most of this space for analysis of events, rather than the narration of them. Before examining this book, the reader should already have studied an overview of this period (I recommend Brian Tierney's "Western Europe in the Middle Ages 300-1475" for a start) to be able to place and appreciate what the author has to say. Even as someone who is fairly well-read in Medieval European history, Barraclough's arguments and analysis have so much depth and insight that I feel I will have to re-read the book more than once to really take in all that has been said here. This is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it demonstrates an incredible wealth of knowledge on behalf of the author (just peruse the array of French and German scholarly works in his bibliography) and a talent for distilling huge amounts of information and concisely rendering the important themes and changes for the reader's benefit.

Barraclough begins with a brief introduction to the rise of the Frankish Kingdom before quickly moving into an extensive analysis of the character of the Carolingian state and the form of its government and institutions. The author notes that the Carolingians did have a great influence on the form of the Europe to come, but that many of their achievements were based upon the physical presence and rule of Charles the Great and the successful expansion of his empire. When the empire stopped expanding and Charlemagne died, the Carolingian state was not centralized enough and its institutions were not strong enough to carry it through the ravage of multiple civil wars and barbarian invasions. There is also a nice discussion about proto-feudalism in the Carolingian state which is built upon in subsequent chapters. After dealing with the decline and fall of the Carolingian state, Barraclough turns to the major states that formed from its ashes. There is a chapter each on the areas which would become France, Italy, and Germany (along with the Anglo-Saxon state for comparison) and then a final chapter that looks forward to Europe in the Eleventh century. The author discusses the breakdown of monarchical rule in France and the rise of Feudalism, the recovery of Germany led by the Saxon dynasty, the rise of the city-states in northern Italy, and the development of governmental institutions in England that made the Anglo-Saxon state perhaps the most successful of the era.

For the scholar of Medieval history this is an excellent source to have for reference. For the general reader who is interested in the Medieval era it is enlightening, but also thoroughly academic. It requires a background knowledge of the personalities and events of the era to provide the context for the analysis of the underlying themes and changes presented here. A good book to read for the political and military context of the period from the fall of Rome through the disintegration of the Carolingian empire is Charles Oman's "The Dark Ages, 476-918 (Classic Reprint)." This is primarily an analysis of political and governmental institutions and their development over time and response to drastic challenges. It is well-written, insightful, and recommended to those with an interest in a formative period of European history.

Yadon

The ninth and tenth centuries are too frequently overlooked by historians, and consequently history readers. Historians tend to focus way too much on that boring old Renaissance, and not at all to all the neat stuff that led up to it: wars, plagues, familial infighting, church infighting, economics, Vikings, Magyars, Saracens!

In Dr. Barraclough's little book the reader will get a pretty good idea of what was going on in France, Germany, Italy, and to a lesser extent, England, during the 9th and 10th centuries.

He takes a Pirenne/La Touche approach to economics etc.; or in other words, there is an essential outlook that says that 'Rome was a Mediterranean focused society-economy, while the new Europe was more focused to the north'.

Chapter Headings follow for your perusal:

Prelude to Charlemagne: the Frankish ascendancy

The Carolingian legacy

The decline and fall of the Carolingian empire

The impact of invasion

Feudal France: origins

Italian society from Charlemagne to Otto I

The rise of the German monarchy

The Anglo-Saxon achievement

The new Europe: promise and problems

There is an excellent bibliography.

Four Stars. An academic read (no Latin, but not a page turner-lol). My particular book has held together but I wouldn't describe it as sturdy. 58 Interesting illustrations and pictures (b&w). 3 Maps. Plenty to think about. [The discussion of the development of feudalism is poignant and interesting.]