Europe
Subtitle: A Concise Encyclopedia
Edition: 4Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: November 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781861976710
Subjects: Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Government - Legislative Branch; International; Political Science / Reference; Europe - Great Britain - General; Reference
First sentence: AACHEN As the capital of Charlemagne's ninth-century Christian empire, Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle in French) could lay brief claim to being the first post-classical administrative and cultural centre of Europe.