I finished The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization, and Cultural Change, 950-1350. The basic premise is that the creation of a common "European" culture was a "colonization" of sorts, using the same methods and structures as later cultural and military domination of non-European societies. I have to give at least the synopsis because I read the whole 300 pages and didn't even get to show off in class! (we're iced in).
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