The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization, and Cultural Change, 950-1350 - Robert Bartlett

This provocative book shows that Europe in the Middle Ages was as much a product of a process of conquest and colonization as it was later a colonizer. Will be of great interest to.... (those) interested in cultural transformation, colonialism, racism, the Crusades, or holy wars in general....--William C. Jordan, Princeton University. 12 halftones, 12 maps, 6 diagrams. n nFrom our twentieth-century perspective, we tend to think of the Europe of the past as a colonizer, a series of empires that conquered lands beyond their borders and forced European cultural values on other peoples. This provocative book shows that Europe in the Middle Ages was as much a product of a process of conquest and colonization as it was later a colonizer.n