Joan Mickelson-Gaughan

Milestones in Western Civilization

Selected Readings, The Renaissance through Waterloo

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Produktbeschreibung

This three-volume anthology contains excerpts and full-length articles from the primary source materials in European history. The first volume runs from Homer through the Middle Ages; the second from the Renaissance through the age of Napoleon; and the third from 1825 to the present. New in paperback!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780810845237
• ISBN-10: 0810845237
• Artikelnr.: 25409770

Autorenporträt

John Mickelson-Gaughan ( Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) served in the Peace Corps in Iran and has taught European history for twenty-eight years at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor. She has contributed articles to the Victorian Encyclopedia and is serving on an NEH-funded project sponsored by Princeton University to study the community college introductory course in history.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 General Introduction Part 2 Preface to Volume II Chapter 3 I.
Medieval Background Chapter 4 II. Fourteenth Century Part 5 Unam Sanctam,
1302 Part 6 Francesco Petrach, " Against the Papal Court" Part 7 From the
Decrees of the Council of Constance Part 8 Henry Knighton, "The Impact of
the Black Death" Part 9 Anonimalle Chronicles, "The Peasant's Revolt in
England" Part 10 Jean Froissart from the Chronicles Chapter 11 III.
Renaissance Part 12 Frnacesco Petrarch, "Laura, Heaven's Ideal" Part 13
Giovanni Boccaccio from The Decameron Part 14 Giovanni Pico della Mirandoal
from On the Dignity of Man Part 15 Baldesar Castiglione from The Book of
the Courtier Part 16 Niccolo Machiavelli from The Prince Part 17 Desiderius
Erasmus from In Praise of Folly Part 18 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, "The
Means to Attain a Happy Life" Chapter 19 IV. Reformation Part 20 St. Teresa
of Avila from Interior Castle Part 21 Martin Luther from The Ninety-five
Theses, 1517 Part 22 Martin Luther To His Most Serene and Mighty Imperial
Majesty and to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Part 23
Peasants' Revolt, 1525 Part 24 The Peace of Augsburg, 1555 Part 25 John
Calvin from The Institutes of the Christian Religion Part 26 The Supremacy
Act, 1534 Part 27 John Foxe, from Actes and Monuments of These Latter and
Perillous Days Part 28 Ignatius Loyola from Spiritual Exercises Part
29 From Proceedings of the Council of Trent Part 30 From the Edict of
Nantes Chapter 31 V. Scientific Revolution Part 32 Nicolaus Copernicus from
On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres Part 33 Galileo Galilei from
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Part 34 Francis Bacon from
The New Organon Part 35 John Locke from Essay Concerning Human
Understanding of Ideas in General and Their Origin Part 36 Rene Descartes
from Discourse on Method Part 37 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz from
Philosophical Writings Part 38 Blaise Pascal from Pensees Chapter 39 VI
Enlightenment Part 40 Thomas Hobbes from Leviathan Part 41 John Locke from
Second Treatise on Government Part 42 Charles Louis de Secondat Baron do
Montesqueieu from Spirit of the Laws Part 43 Adam SMith from WEalth of
Nations Part 44 Alexander Pope from "Essay on Man" Part 45 John Suckling,
"Constancy" Part 46 Voltaire from Candide Chapter 47 VII. Age of Power Part
48 Louis XIV, Selected Readings Part 49 Peter the Great, 'Decrees on
Western Dress and Shaving" Part 50 Marie Theresa from Memoirs Part 51
Petition of Right, 1628 Part 52 Sentenceof Charles I Part 53 The English
Bill of Rights, 1688 Chapter 54 VIII. Enlightened Depotism Part 55
Frederick the Great, Selected REadings Part 56 Catherine the Great, from
Her Diary Part 57 Decrees Establishing the Legislative Commission Part 58
Charter of Nobility, 1785 Part 59 Jean-Jacques Rousseau from Social
Contract Chapter 60 XI. French Revolution Chapter 61 Emmanuel Joseph Seives
from What is the Third Estate? Part 62 The Tennis Court Oath Part 63 The
August 4 Decrees Part 64 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Part 65 From the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, 1791 Part 66 The Duke of
Brunswick's Manifesto, July 25, 1792 Part 67 The Storming of the Tuileries
Part 68 Decree for the Levee en Masse, August 23, 1793 Part 69 The Law of
Suspects, September 17, 1793 Part 70 Maximilien Ropbespierre on the Cult of
the Supreme Being, May 7, 1794 Chapter 71 X. Napoleon Part 72 Conventions
between the French Governement and Pius VII Part 73 The Berlin Decrees Part
74 British Order in Council Part 75 Napoleon Reflects on the Russian
Campaign Part 76 Alexander I's Manifesto on Napoleon's Retreat from Russia
Part 77 Naopleon Returns from Elba Part 78 Napoleon Reflects on His Career
Part 79 Holy Alliance, 1815