Vanished Kingdoms
The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
Ranked #54 in European History
'The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet we often forget that the past is different from the present in many unfamiliar ways, and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. We habitually think of the European past as the history of countries which exist today - France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on - but often this actually obstructs our view of the past, and blunts our sensitivity to the ever-changing political landscape.
Europe's history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on... more
Europe's history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on... more
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