The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe

by Michael Pye

Book Overview

Saints and spies, pirates and philosophers, artists and intellectuals: they all criss-crossed the grey North Sea in the so-called "dark ages," the years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of Europe's mastery over the oceans. Now the critically acclaimed Michael Pye reveals the cultural transformation sparked by those men and women: the ideas, technology, science, law, and moral codes that helped create our modern world.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605986992
• ISBN13: 9781605986999
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"