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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... beginning with the program of Henry the Navigator , the first monarch in history to devote himself primarily to fostering geographi- cal exploration — was characteristically Western . Contemporary China , India , and Islam embarked on ...
... beginning with the program of Henry the Navigator , the first monarch in history to devote himself primarily to fostering geographi- cal exploration — was characteristically Western . Contemporary China , India , and Islam embarked on ...
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... beginning of civilization - will accordingly become a more pressing concern in Western history from now on . For the other peoples of the world the discoveries meant the beginning of European imperi- alism , which would break up some ...
... beginning of civilization - will accordingly become a more pressing concern in Western history from now on . For the other peoples of the world the discoveries meant the beginning of European imperi- alism , which would break up some ...
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... beginning with the abolition of serfdom . And Napoleon continued to serve the popular cause , if still less voluntarily , as he began to look like only another conqueror and oppressor . Other peoples acquired the patriotic fervor of the ...
... beginning with the abolition of serfdom . And Napoleon continued to serve the popular cause , if still less voluntarily , as he began to look like only another conqueror and oppressor . Other peoples acquired the patriotic fervor of the ...
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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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