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Routledge Worlds

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The Routledge Worlds are magisterial surveys of key historical epochs, edited and written by world-renowned experts. Giving unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage, they are the works against which all future books on their subjects will be judged and are essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the subject.

53 Series Titles


The Enlightenment World

The Enlightenment World

1st Edition

Edited By Martin Fitzpatrick, Peter Jones, Christa Knellwolf, Iain McCalman
February 26, 2007

The Enlightenment World offers an informed, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the European Enlightenment (c. 1720–1800) as both an historical epoch and a cultural formation. This prestigious collection begins with the intellectual origins of the Enlightenment, and spans early formations up ...

The Roman World

The Roman World

1st Edition

Edited By John Wacher
February 15, 2002

When originally published in 1987, this book was hailed as a landmark in the study of the Roman World. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, it is still the most comprehensive survey of the Roman World available. Ranging from the founding of Rome in the eighth century BC, and ...

The Reformation World

The Reformation World

1st Edition

Edited By Andrew Pettegree
October 19, 2001

This beautifully illustrated book is the most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation yet. A timely and much-needed account, it looks at every aspect of the Reformation world and considers new historical research which has led to the expansion of the subject both thematically and ...

The Greek World

The Greek World

1st Edition

Edited By Anton Powell
September 26, 1997

Studying from the Mycenean to the late Hellenistic period, this work includes new articles by twenty-seven specialists of ancient Greece, and presents an examination of the Greek cultures of mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Italy. With the chapters sharing the theme of social history, this ...

The Celtic World

The Celtic World

1st Edition

Edited By Miranda Green
May 08, 1996

The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology, language, literature, towns, warfare, rural life...

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