Paul Collins (3) (1940–)
Autor(a) de The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century
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About the Author
Historian and broadcaster Paul Collins is the author of eleven books on religion, the environment, and history including Papal Power: A Proposal for Change in Catholicism's Third Millennium, God's Earth: Religion as if Matter Really Mattered, and Upon This Rock: The Popes and Their Changing Role. mostrar mais He lives in Canberra, Australia. mostrar menos
Obras de Paul Collins
The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century (2013) 180 cópias
Hell's gates : the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Dieman's land cannibal (2002) 26 cópias
The Modern Inquisition: Seven Prominent Catholics and Thier Struggle with the Vatican (2002) 15 cópias
God's earth [a call for environmental stewardship] 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1940-08-12
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Richmond, Victoria, Australia
- Locais de residência
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Educação
- Harvard University (MA, Theology)
Australian National University (PhD, History) - Ocupação
- priest
- Pequena biografia
- [from author's website]
Paul Collins is an historian, broadcaster and writer. A Catholic priest for thirty-three years, he resigned from the active priestly ministry in 2001 due to a dispute with the Vatican over his book Papal Power (1997).
Collins has authored seventeen books and is known as a commentator on Catholicism and the papacy. He also has a strong interest in ethics, environmental and population issues.
Collins has a Master's degree in theology from Harvard University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in history from the Australian National University. He lives in Canberra, Australia.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 19
- Membros
- 432
- Popularidade
- #56,591
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 8
- ISBNs
- 475
- Idiomas
- 9
The book (briefly) covers the breakup of Charlemagne's Empire in the mid-800's; the development of France under Viking invasions and settlement into a large number of smaller semi-independent regions; and the solidification of a Germanic Holy Roman Empire during the 10th century under the Saxon kings Otto I, II, III. It also follows the development of Roman Catholicism and the Papacy. There is also a fairly decent description of monastic life, as well as the role of monasteries and religion in the lives of ordinary people.
Collins weaves a sometimes convoluted narrative, starting somewhere in the middle, going back to the beginning, discussing historical events, then focusing on individuals in a biographical manner, hopping around different regions in Europe from Spain and Britain to Byzantium. The first chapter was a bit tedious but the pace of the narrative picked up by the second chapter and the story became more interesting. There are a few maps in the book but I would have preferred a few more. I would also have found a timeline useful. A more structured approach would also have been more useful as well as more analysis. The author dropped the ball a few times by failing to connect his various chapters to the main thesis of the book, making this something of a collection of juicy facts but failing to show how they relate to the birth of the west.
I would not recommend this book to the history novice but it may prove interesting to someone who has some familiarity with events after Charlamagne.… (mais)