The Diverging Legacies of Classical Empires in China and Europe
Wim Blockmans|Hilde De Weerdt
The memory of classical empires has been prominent in both Chinese and European history but it had a different imprint each culture. Han territories were periodically reunified part more consistently ruled as unified from the 13th century onwards. In medieval Western Europe Carolingian Holy Roman boasted being renewals glorious ancient models they developed environment, no longer built on scale, only borrowed selectively repertoire. this essay we examine how differences power relationships, fiscal regimes, territoriality help explain peripheral impact model context enhanced prospects for 12th
European Review