The Idea of Equality – The Greatest Change of the Last Millennium

Ian Mortimer’s magnificent new book ‘Centuries of Change’ describes the myriad ways in which European societies have been transformed over the past one thousand years. Modern cities, advanced technologies, democratic governments, scientific knowledge – all this would have been unthinkable to our ancestors ten centuries ago.

So can we possibly isolate one change as the single greatest change of the last millennium?’ Disordered World believes we can…  Continue reading

Centuries of Change 3

Ian Mortimer’s magnificent new book ‘Centuries of Change’ describes the myriad ways in which European societies have been transformed over the past thousand years. This series of blogs summarises Mortimer’s work and asks just how much progress have we made?

This third post brings us up to the present by looking at the breakneck speed of change during the twentieth century.    Continue reading