The edge of the world
Subtitle: a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe
By: [Michael Pye]
Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781605986999
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Civilization; History
Description: Tells the story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea, uncovering a lost history of a thousand years rife with saints, spies, pirates, philosophers, artists, and intellectuals.
Notes: Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: The invention of money; title: The book trade; title: Making enemies; title: Settling; title: Fashion; title: Writing the law; title: Overseeing nature; title: Science and money; title: Dealers rule; title: Love and capital; title: The plague laws; title: The city and the world.