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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... lords , who in turn were allied or embroiled with kings or high churchmen . While their knightly ideals governed medieval ... lord ; as the Abbot of Burton boasted , they pos- sessed in law " nothing but their own bellies . " There was ...
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... lord that imposed obli- gations on them both . The powers of the lord were clearly limited and defined : he had no right to assess arbitrary taxes , demand any services beyond those specified , make his own laws , or interpret the ...
... lord that imposed obli- gations on them both . The powers of the lord were clearly limited and defined : he had no right to assess arbitrary taxes , demand any services beyond those specified , make his own laws , or interpret the ...
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... lords in the vicinity ; a typical conservative of the twelfth century spoke of these " detestable communes . " The communes nevertheless managed to remain independent , by fighting or bargaining , often with the help of greater lords ...
... lords in the vicinity ; a typical conservative of the twelfth century spoke of these " detestable communes . " The communes nevertheless managed to remain independent , by fighting or bargaining , often with the help of greater lords ...
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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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