La Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II

Braudel makes a sea the hero of a history. The book moves through three speeds of time: the near-motionless history of mountains, plains and climate; the slower rhythms of economies, states and civilisations; and only last the quick surface of events around Philip II. Its scale can overwhelm and the parts do not fully join. Few histories have so changed how historians think about time and place.

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