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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... later Germanic tribes pictured by Roman historians ; excavations of the great cemetery at Hallstatt in Switzerland , and of the snug , well - built town at Biskupin in Poland , have revealed peoples who were by no means half - naked ...
... later Germanic tribes pictured by Roman historians ; excavations of the great cemetery at Hallstatt in Switzerland , and of the snug , well - built town at Biskupin in Poland , have revealed peoples who were by no means half - naked ...
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... later age . First , however , they should acknowledge that he was him- self liberal in spirit , and that his work was in his own day a major work of enlightenment , potentially of emancipation . He not only preached economic freedom but ...
... later age . First , however , they should acknowledge that he was him- self liberal in spirit , and that his work was in his own day a major work of enlightenment , potentially of emancipation . He not only preached economic freedom but ...
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... later granted to Rhode Island . Meanwhile Lord Baltimore had been granted the terri- tory of Maryland as a haven for Catholics , whom he protected against inroads of Protestant settlers by persuading the local assembly to pass a ...
... later granted to Rhode Island . Meanwhile Lord Baltimore had been granted the terri- tory of Maryland as a haven for Catholics , whom he protected against inroads of Protestant settlers by persuading the local assembly to pass a ...
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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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