Vanished Kingdoms The History Of Half Forgotten Europe

Europe’s past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics, which no longer exist but which in their time formed important pieces in the kaleidoscope Europe’s past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics, which no longer exist but which in their time formed important pieces in the kaleidoscope. Historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. All the chapters consist of three parts. Each of the opening sections presents a contemporary sketch; the second sections tell the story of the vanished realm, and the final sections offer reflections on remembrance, forgetting, historiography or the shortcomings of historical information. The author closes with an essay on ‘How States Die.’