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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... Empire . While men in the Dark Ages were indeed quite unable to organize and administer a real empire , ancient Rome had none the less given the Church its organization , its law , and its tradition of statesmanship , best exemplified ...
... Empire . While men in the Dark Ages were indeed quite unable to organize and administer a real empire , ancient Rome had none the less given the Church its organization , its law , and its tradition of statesmanship , best exemplified ...
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... Empire . While it helped to make Charlemagne a legendary cultural hero , the illiterate emperor had him- self been inspired to make his kingdom worthy of it , bringing poets and scholars to court and exhorting churchmen to establish ...
... Empire . While it helped to make Charlemagne a legendary cultural hero , the illiterate emperor had him- self been inspired to make his kingdom worthy of it , bringing poets and scholars to court and exhorting churchmen to establish ...
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... empire . Empire was essentially different from the nation - state in that it embraced peoples of different tongues , creeds , and traditions , united only by conquest . The weakness of the Holy Roman Empire gives an immediate clue to ...
... empire . Empire was essentially different from the nation - state in that it embraced peoples of different tongues , creeds , and traditions , united only by conquest . The weakness of the Holy Roman Empire gives an immediate clue to ...
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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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