Das Alte Europa zwischen Krieg und Frieden

How do collective (early) state forms of life work in Europe? How is the Christian West formed?
In a lively panorama, this volume brings together the conditions of existence, the power complexes and cooperative-rivalrous interactions of large groups: the Gauls and Germanic tribes in the Roman Empire; the Carolingian Empire between the Atlantic and the river Elbe, the North Sea and the Pyrenees; the French monarchy and the Roman-German Empire; the parliamentary tamed English kingship; the urban communities of Italy. Between phases of war and peace, community-oriented development and power-obsessed destruction, outlines of the European cultural landscape emerge that outlast the Middle Ages.