Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

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A magical history of the lost parts of Europe which were the major states of their time, now largely forgotten but brought back to life in this book. Europe's past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics which no longer exist but which were some of the most important of their day - 'the Empire of Aragon', which dominated the western Mediterranean in the 13th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the largest country in Europe for part of the 18th century. This book shows the reader how to peer through the cracks of mainstream history-writing, and to catch a glimpse of the '5, 6, or 7 Kingdoms of Burgundy' and other relics of civilisation.