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Preliminary Contents | |
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The Ancient World | |
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The Ancient Near East | |
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Mesopotamian Protest Against Death Epic of Gilgamesh | |
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Mesopotamian Concepts of Justice Code of Hammurabi | |
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Divine Kingship in Egypt Hymns to the Pharaohs Guidelines for the Ruler | |
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Religious Inspiration of Akhenaten Hymn to Aton | |
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The Myth-Making Outlook of the Ancient Near East Personification of Natural Objects Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Genesis | |
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God's Greatness and Human Dignity Psalm 8 | |
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Humaneness of Hebrew Law Exodus: The Ten Commandments Leviticus: Neighbor and Community Deuteronomy: Judges, Witnesses, and Justice | |
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The Age of Classical Prophecy Amos and Isaiah: Social Justice Isaiah: Peace and Humanity | |
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The Greeks | |
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Homer: The Educator of Greece Homer: The Iliad | |
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The Expansion of Reason Hippocrates: The Sacred Disease: The Separation of Medicine from Myth Thucydides: Method of Historical Inquiry Critias: Religion as a Human Invention | |
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Greek Drama Sophocles: Antigone | |
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Athenian Greatness Thucydides: The Funeral Oration of Pericles | |
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The Status of Women in Classical Greek Society Euripides: Medea Aristophanes: Lysistrata The Peloponnesian War Thucydides: The Melian Dialogue | |
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Socrates: The Rational Individual Plato: The Apology | |
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Plato: The Philosopher-King Plato: The Republic | |
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Aristotle: Science, Politics, and Ethics Aristotle: History of Animals, Politics, and Nicomachean Ethics | |
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Hellenistic Culture: Universalism and Individualism Plutarch: Cultural Fusion Epicurus: Self-Sufficiency | |
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The Romans | |
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Rome's March to World Empire Polybius: The Roman Army Livy: The Second Punic War: The Threat from Hannibal | |
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The Spread of Greek Philosophy to Rome Cicero: Advocate of Stoicism Cato the Elder: Hostility to Greek Philosophy | |
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Roman Slavery Diodorus Siculus: Slaves: Torment and Revolt | |
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Women in Republican Society Quintus Lucretius Vespillo: A Funeral Eulogy for a Roman Wife | |
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The Decline of the Republic Plutarch: Tiberius Gracchus Cicero: Justifying Caesar's Assassination Sallust: Moral Deterioration | |
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The Roman Peace Aelius Aristides: The Roman Oration: The Blessings of the Pax Romana Tacitus: The Other Side of the Pax Romana | |
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Imperial Culture Virgil: The Aeneid Juvenal: The Satires | |
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Roman Law Justinian: Corpus Iurius Civilis | |
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The Demise of Rome Salvian: Political and Social Injustice Jerome: The Fate of Rome Pope Gregory I: The End of Roman Glory | |
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Early Christianity | |
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The Teachings of Jesus The Gospel According to Saint Mark The Gospel According to Saint Matthew | |
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Christianity and Greco-Roman Learning Tertullian: What Has Jerusalem to Do with Athens? Clement of Alexandria: In Defense of Greek Learning | |
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Monastic Life Saint Jerome: The Agony of Solitude in the Desert Saint Benedict of Nursia: The Benedictine Rule | |
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Christian Way of Life Saint Benedict of Nursia: The Virtuous Christian | |
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Christian Demonization of Jews Saint John Chrysostom: Discourses Against Judaizing Christians | |
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The Christian World-View St. Augustine: The City of God | |
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The Middle Ages | |
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The Early Middle Ages | |
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The Byzantine Cultural Achievement Theophylact Simocattes: The Value of Reason and History | |
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Islam Muhammed: The Koran | |
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Islam and Greek Learning Avicenna: Love and Learning | |
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Converting the Germanic Peoples to Christianity Bede: History of the English Church and People Einhard: Forcible Conversion Under Charlemagne | |
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The Carolingian Renaissance Einhard: Charlemagne's Appreciation of Learning Charlemagne: An Injunction to Monasteries to Cultivate Letters | |
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The Feudal Lord: Vassal and Warrior Galbert of Bruges: Commendation and the Oath of Fealty Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres: Obligations of Lords and Vassals | |
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The High and Late Middle Ages | |
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The Revival of Trade and the Growth of Towns How to Succeed in Business | |
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Theological Basis for Papal Power Pope Gregory VII: The Second Letter to Bishop Herman of Metz and the Dictatus Papae | |
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The First Crusade Robert the Monk: Appeal of Urban II to the Franks | |
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Religious Dissent Emperor Frederick II: Heretics: Enemies of God and Humanity | |
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Medieval Learning: Synthesis of Reason and Christian Faith Saint Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica | |
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Jews in the Middle Ages Albert of Aix-la-Chapelle: Massacre of the Jews of Mainz The Libel of Ritual Murder Maimonides: Jewish Learning | |
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Troubadour Love Songs Love as Joyous, Painful, Humorous | |
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The Status of Women in Medieval Society Christine de Pisan: The City of Ladies | |
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The Fourteenth Century: An Age of Adversity Jean de Venette: The Black Death | |
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The Medieval World-View Lothario dei Segni (Pope Innocent III): On the Misery of the Human Condition The Vanity of This World Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy | |
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Early Modern Europe | |
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The Renaissance and Reformation | |
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The Humanists' Fascination with Antiquity Petrarch: The Father of Humanism Leonardo Bruni: Study of Greek Literature and a Humanist Educational Program | |
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Human Dignity Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man | |
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Break with Medieval Political Theory Niccolograve; Machiavelli: The Prince | |
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The Ideal Gentleman Baldassare Castiglione: The Book of the Courtier | |
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The Lutheran Reformation Martin Luther: On Papal Power, Justification by Faith, the Interpretation of the Bible, and the Nature of the Clergy Ulrich von Hutten: Resentment of Rome | |
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The Calvinist Reformation John Calvin: The Institutes, Ecclesiastical Ordinances, and the Obedience Owed Rulers | |
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The Catholic Response to Protestantism Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent | |
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Religious Persecution Chronicle of King Francis I: Burning of Protestants in Paris The Persecution of Anabaptists: The Examination of Elizabeth Dirks | |
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Early Modern Society and Politics | |
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Toward the Modern Economy: The Example of Holland William Carr: The Dutch East India Company | |
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The Atlantic Slave Trade Seventeenth-Century Slave Traders: Buying and Transporting Africans Malachy Postlethwayt: Slavery Defended John Wesley: Thoughts Upon Slavery | |
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The Court of Louis XIV Duc de Saint-Simon: An Assessment of Louis XIV | |
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Justification of Absolute Monarchy James I: "...Kings Are God's Lieutenants Upon Earth..." Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan | |
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The Triumph of Constitutional Monarchy in England: The Glorious Revolution The English Declaration of Rights | |
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Intellectual Revolutions | |
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Expanding the New Astronomy Galileo Galilei: The Starry Messenger Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina and Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems--Ptolemaic and Copernican | |
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The Autonomy of the Mind Reneacute; Descartes: Discourse on Method | |
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The Mechanical Universe Isaac Newton: Principia Mathematica | |
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Political Liberty Jo | |