โ Scribed by Holland, Tom
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The Forge of Christendom is a study of a truly fateful revolution: the emergence of Western Europe for the first time as a distinctive and expansionist power. It was the age of Otto the Great and William the Conqueror, of Caliphs and Viking sea-kings, of hermits, monks, and serfs. --from publisher description.;The return of the king -- The old order changeth-- -- --Yielding place to the new -- Go west -- Apocalypse postponed -- 1066 and all that -- An inconvenient truth.
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