Download or read book The Distorted Past written by Josep Fontana and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1995-06-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book turns the received wisdom of European history inside out. From discussions of the Gothic, Hun and Vandal invasions and the fall of the Roman Empire, through other great events and issues of European history, Josep Fontana re-examines the traditional acceptance of such ideas as classical heritage, medieval Christendom, reformation and counter-reformation, absolutism, and the idea of progress. At the same time he draws attention to the existence and validity of dissidence, rebellion and variety which are, for him, identifying marks of Europe.