Freedom in the Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of DemocracyHarper & Row, 1963 - 428 Seiten Herbert J. Muller examines the meaning of freedom in the great civilizations of the past including the Sumerian, Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian, Persian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman and early Christian. Ranging from the attempts of the cave man to free himself from the tyranny of nature through magic and ritual, to the religious despotism of Byzantium, the author surveys freedom's gains and triumps, its losses and failures. In doing so, he provides the reader with new insight into the meaning and destiny of freedom in Western Civilization. |
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... English with French courts , where there was no trial by jury and torture was a common procedure . From his own observation he described the misery of the French common people , continually in- sulted and robbed by servants or soldiers ...
... English with French courts , where there was no trial by jury and torture was a common procedure . From his own observation he described the misery of the French common people , continually in- sulted and robbed by servants or soldiers ...
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... English Nation . Both the in- dividual enterprise and the camaraderie for which the English seadogs became famous might seem natural to maritime life , but Spain indicated that the connection is not automatic ; under Philip II it ...
... English Nation . Both the in- dividual enterprise and the camaraderie for which the English seadogs became famous might seem natural to maritime life , but Spain indicated that the connection is not automatic ; under Philip II it ...
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... English could learn to assume the responsibilities of their rights , build up the habits necessary for the maintenance of a free society . The House of Commons , secure in its powers , could atone for the possible stupidity or injustice ...
... English could learn to assume the responsibilities of their rights , build up the habits necessary for the maintenance of a free society . The House of Commons , secure in its powers , could atone for the possible stupidity or injustice ...
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The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE Origins of WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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