“One has to put aside the popular notion that language and culture are endlessly passed on from generation to generation, rather as if ‘Scottishness’ or ‘Englishness’ were essential constituents of some national genetic code. If this were so, it would… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
All states and nations, however great, bloom for a season and are replaced. — Norman Davies Copy Share
The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum. — Norman Davies Copy Share
For people familiar with Eastern Europe, Marci Shore's 'The Taste of Ashes' is, in spite of its subject matter, delicious. A professor at Yale… — Norman Davies Copy Share
The one certainly for anyone in the path of an avalanche is this: standing still is not an option. — Norman Davies Copy Share
Young people have to learn in a cocoon filled with false optimism. Unlike their parents and grandparents, they grow up with very little sense… — Norman Davies Copy Share
Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama. — Norman Davies Copy Share
It was in the 20th century that national sovereignty really ruled the roost, and the E.U. was formed to cure that. — Norman Davies Copy Share
“Although the rival cereals of rye, barley,oats, buckwheat and millet have continued to exist in Europe, the triumphal march of king wheat was uncontestable” — Norman Davies Copy Share
One might have thought that 70 years was time enough to work out what really happened in 1939. It isn't the case. Misunderstandings and misinformation abound. — Norman Davies Copy Share
Our mental maps are distorted by who are the 'winners' of history and who are the powers of today. — Norman Davies Copy Share
Historical change is like an avalanche. The starting point is a snow-covered mountainside that looks solid. All changes take place under the surface and… — Norman Davies Copy Share
I can just remember the blitz of Manchester, or perhaps my father's tales about the blitz of Manchester. I can remember the blackout, the… — Norman Davies Copy Share
One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else. — Norman Davies Copy Share
