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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... Italy was also the natural birthplace of the Renaissance as the most urbanized land in Europe , the farthest removed from the medieval order of estates . North Italy , that is : southern Italy , which remained feudal and had no large ...
... Italy was also the natural birthplace of the Renaissance as the most urbanized land in Europe , the farthest removed from the medieval order of estates . North Italy , that is : southern Italy , which remained feudal and had no large ...
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... Italian historians have generally lamented the failure of Milan , which might otherwise have united Italy under its dominion . Most other historians are inclined to believe that the achievements of the Florentine Republic were ample ...
... Italian historians have generally lamented the failure of Milan , which might otherwise have united Italy under its dominion . Most other historians are inclined to believe that the achievements of the Florentine Republic were ample ...
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... Italy , as the popes managed to extend their domains while France and Spain took over large sections of the country . The splendors were also purchased by the wholesale marketing of indulgences , presently farmed out to the Fuggers , at ...
... Italy , as the popes managed to extend their domains while France and Spain took over large sections of the country . The splendors were also purchased by the wholesale marketing of indulgences , presently farmed out to the Fuggers , at ...
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The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
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