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Documents of Western Civilization Volume II: Since 1500

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ISBN-10: 0495030112

ISBN-13: 9780495030119

Edition: 6th 2006

Authors: Candace Gregory, Knowlton, Collings

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Prepared by Candace Gregory of California State University, Sacramento this reader contains an overview of "How to Read a Document" to help students get started and is followed by 76 carefully chosen documents including the Law Code of Hammurabi, The Apology of Plato, Twelve Tables, "Dinner with Trimalchio," Petronius, Defense of Christianity, St. Augustine, Magna Carta, Charlemagne's Wars of Conquest, "Court of the Great Khan," Marco Polo, Copernican Theory and many more. Each reading is accompanied by thought-provoking discussion questions to encourage critical thinking and to make the readings easy to assign.
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List price: $119.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Course Technology
Publication date: 6/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Preface. How to Read a Document. Part 15: REFORMATION AND THE WARS OF RELIGION. 15.1 Ninety-Five Theses, Martin Luther. 15.2 Sixty-Seven Articles, Ulrich Zwingli. 15.3 "Rapture of the Soul," Teresa of Avila. 15.4 Edict of Nantes. 15.5 Malleus Maleficarum. Part 16: NEW WORLD ENCOUNTERS. 16.1 "Court of the Great Khan," Marco Polo. 16.2 Jesuit Missionary in China, Matteo Ricci. 16.3 Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest. 16.4 Capture and Enslavement, Olaudah Equiano. Part 17: SEVENTEENTH CENTURY STATE BUILDING. 17.1 Cardinal Richelieu on the Rights of the King. 17.2 Thirty Years'' War: Destruction of Magdeburg. 17.3 Oliver Cromwell''s Speech before Parliament. 17.4 A Dialogue on Sovereign…