Western Civilization : Beyond Boundaries

by Thomas F.X. Noble

Custom University of Amsterdam edition of Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

298 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Professor, Department of History, University of Notre Dame.

Medieval, Mediterranean, religious; the city of Rome, the papacy, late antiquity, the Carolingians, the West and Byzantium.

Reviews

[Crotchet]

Fine book for a very general overview of Western history. It contains a few historical inaccuracies and claims that should really be more nuanced. The visual pronunciation after every non-English name or word was also distracting. Arguably the biggest criticism would be its Western-centric focus, though it does sometimes include non-Western perspectives. Still, this is to be expected from a book with this name.

[Lisa Wang]

It's a textbook, so it's not going to read like a novel. However it's very comprehensive and quite pleasant to read through.

I decided to purchase a copy after my class ended to do some further reading on my own. It's my primary source for Western European history.

[Gerard]

Thomas Noble and his co-authors have done an excellent job at writing a complete synthesis of European history.

[Tessa]

Standaard geschiedenisboek. Niet te makkelijk en ook niet te moeilijk. Afbeeldingen geven een goed beeld net al de kaarten. Toch hadden sommige hoofdstukken van mij wat uitgebreider mogen zijn.