{"title":"Robin Briggs","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobin Briggs offers insightful explorations into the social and religious history of Europe, deftly examining themes of belief, community, and conflict. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eWitches and Neighbours\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the complex interplay between superstition and society, revealing how faith and fear shaped historical lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful blend of rigorous scholarship and accessible narrative, with a focus on the cultural and spiritual forces that influenced North-Western Europe. Briggs's books provide a nuanced understanding of how historical events intersect with religion and spirituality across centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-history-of-north-western-europe-by-robin-briggs-9780631214496","title":"A History of North-Western Europe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConcentrates solely on North-Western Europe, examines the crucial structural changes that shaped the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of North-Western Europe\u003c\/i\u003e provides a broad account of the regions included in the modern states of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Great Britain. Offering a rigorous yet accessible analytical narrative of the centuries between the fall of the Roman Empire and the First World War, noted historian Robin Briggs examines the many forms of structural change that helped to create a distinctive North-Western European society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrganised chronologically into fourteen substantial chapters, the text covers major events and eras such as the Protestant Reformation, the rise of the fiscal-military state, and the scientific and industrial revolutions that combined to undermine traditional authority structures and generate new understandings of the world. The author also offers insights into the origins and development of the urban and industrial society that ultimately transformed the globe. Topics include the Carolingian dynasty, the rule of feudal lords and popes, the bubonic plague, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Napoleonic wars, the Revolutions of 1848, the growth of nationalism and instability preceding the Great War, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStimulates readers to reflect in new ways on how the past is crucial to understanding the present\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCombines a coherent narrative with strong analyses of crucial developments at every stage of North-Western European history\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExplores the upheavals that shaped the social, religious, economic, and political landscape of the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how European naval, military, religious, and economic power was projected worldwide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of North-Western Europe: From Late Antiquity to the First World War\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent textbook for undergraduate students in European History courses, as well as a valuable resource for general readers looking for a wide-ranging historical account of the countries of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000523210988,"sku":"9780631214496","price":87.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/110ad6200f48575819f42a447fe08876.jpg?v=1763324151"},{"product_id":"witches-and-neighbours-by-robin-briggs-9780631233268","title":"Witches and Neighbours","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWitches and Neighbours\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly original and unconventional analysis of a fascinating historical phenomenon. Unlike other studies of the subject which focus on the mechanisms of persecution, this book presents a rich picture of witchcraft as an all-pervasive aspect of life in early modern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Briggs combines recent research with his own investigations to produce a brilliant and compelling account of the central role of witchcraft in the past. Although the history of witchcraft can only be studied through records of persecutions, these reveal that trials were unusual in everyday life and that witchcraft can be viewed as a form of therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft was also an outlet and expression of many fundamental anxieties of society and individuals in a time when life was precarious. The book argues that witchcraft—its belief and persecutions—cannot be explained by general causes but was as complex and changing as the society of which it formed a vital part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince its original publication in 1996, this book has become the standard work on the subject of witchcraft. It now appears in a revised edition with an updated bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is not available from Blackwell in the United States and the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48148026720492,"sku":"9780631233268","price":90.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ffceee567a256aa755da68e61f0480a9.jpg?v=1787721508"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/robin-briggs.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}