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Book Synopsis Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment by : Donald R. Kelley
Download or read book Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment written by Donald R. Kelley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Contains texts from 112 historians of the last three millennia who discuss the problems, purposes, and methods of history writing. Kelley provides commentary and interpretation. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Book Synopsis Faces of History by : Donald R. Kelley
Download or read book Faces of History written by Donald R. Kelley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, one of the world's leading intellectual historians offers a critical survey of Western historical thought and writing from the pre-classical era to the late eighteenth century. Donald R. Kelley focuses on persistent themes and methodology, including questions of myth, national origins, chronology, language, literary forms, rhetoric, translation, historical method and criticism, theory and practice of interpretation, cultural studies, philosophy of history, and "historicism." Kelley begins by analyzing the dual tradition established by the foundational works of Greek historiography--Herodotus's broad cultural and antiquarian inquiry and the contrasting model of Thucydides' contemporary political and analytical narrative. He then examines the many variations on and departures from these themes produced in writings from Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian antiquity, in medieval chronicles, in national histories and revisions of history during the Renaissance and Reformation, and in the rise of erudite and enlightened history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Throughout, Kelley discusses how later historians viewed their predecessors, including both supporters and detractors of the authors in question. The book, which is a companion volume to Kelley's highly praised anthology Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment, will be a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in interpretations of the past.
Book Synopsis Magic in Western Culture by : Brian P. Copenhaver
Download or read book Magic in Western Culture written by Brian P. Copenhaver and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern times - this groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. Besides Ficino, the premodern story of magic also features Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Aquinas, Agrippa, Pomponazzi, Porta, Bruno, Campanella, Descartes, Boyle, Leibniz, and Newton, to name only a few of the prominent thinkers discussed in this book. Because pictures play a key role in the story of magic, this book is richly illustrated.
Book Synopsis Law and Justice from Antiquity to Enlightenment by : Robert W. Shaffern
Download or read book Law and Justice from Antiquity to Enlightenment written by Robert W. Shaffern and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise intellectual history of the law offers an accessible introduction to the ideas and contexts of law from ancient Babylon to eighteenth-century Europe. Robert W. Shaffern examines a rich array of sources to illuminate ideas about law and justice in Western civilization. He identifies four main sources for traditional jurisprudence—the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and classical Athens, the legal legacy of ancient Rome, the legal traditions of the Middle Ages, and developments in early modern Europe. By focusing on the recurring issues and historical contexts of the law, the author shows the extensive influence earlier sources had on the later development of Western law. For instance, the ancient code of Hammurabi pledged to obtain justice for the "widow and the orphan," a phrase that appeared again in later laws. Also, the tragedies of Aeschylus insisted that private individuals pursue vengeance, but government judiciaries upheld justice, an idea that the early modern European monarchies advanced when they promulgated new codes of criminal law. Additionally, Roman, medieval, and modern jurists all believed that natural law theory served as a rational criterion for legislators and judges. Throughout the span of centuries covered in the text, governments used law to regulate or monopolize the employment of violence. Designed to introduce undergraduates to the significant developments and ideas about the law and justice, this book will be invaluable for courses on the history of law and jurisprudence.
Book Synopsis A History of Western Society, Volume 1 by : John P. McKay
Download or read book A History of Western Society, Volume 1 written by John P. McKay and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now from Bedford/St. Martin's, A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past and ties social history to the broad sweep of politics and culture. The tenth edition has been thoroughly revised to strengthen the text's readability, heighten its attention to daily life, and incorporate the insights of new scholarship, including an enhanced treatment of European exploration and a thoroughly revised post-1945 section. With a dynamic new design, new special features, and a completely revised and robust companion reader, this major revision makes the past memorable and accessible for a new generation of students and instructors.
Book Synopsis From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by : John Marshall Carter
Download or read book From Antiquity to the Enlightenment written by John Marshall Carter and published by . This book was released on 1994-11-01 with total page 1077 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Antiquity and Enlightenment Culture by :
Download or read book Antiquity and Enlightenment Culture written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the place of antiquity in Enlightenment Europe. It considers the contexts, questions, and agendas that shaped eighteenth-century engagements with the ancient world, shedding new light on familiar figures and recovering forgotten chapters in this European story.
Book Synopsis A History of Western Society, Volume 1 by : John P. McKay
Download or read book A History of Western Society, Volume 1 written by John P. McKay and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long praised by instructors and students alike for its readability and attention to everyday life, the eleventh edition of A History of Western Society includes even more built-in tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition features a brand-new, comprehensive primary source program in-text and online, expanded chapters devoted to the lives of ordinary people that make the past real and relevant, and the best and latest scholarship throughout. Enhanced with a wealth of digital content—including carefully developed online document assignments for each chapter with auto-graded exercises—the eleventh edition provides easily assignable options for instructors and novel ways for students to master the content. Now integrated with LearningCurve, an adaptive online resource that helps students retain the material and come to class prepared. To see an example of the new Online Document Assignment from Chapter 14, click here. What's in the LaunchPad
Book Synopsis Sources for Western Society, Volume 1 by : Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Download or read book Sources for Western Society, Volume 1 written by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sources for Western Society provides a variety of primary sources to accompany A History of Western Society, Thirteenth Edition. With over thirty new selections - including several compelling visual sources - and enhanced pedagogy throughout, students are given the tools to engage critically with canonical and lesser known sources. Each chapter includes a "Sources in Conversation" feature that asks students to analyze aspects of differing views on key topics. Sources for Western Society is FREE when packaged with A History of Western Society and is included for FREE with the LaunchPad for A History of Western Society. In LaunchPad for A History of Western Society, 13e, which combines ebooks for A History of Western Society and Sources for Western Society in a central course space, innovative auto-graded exercises accompanying the reader's documents and visuals supply a distinctive and sophisticated pedagogy that not only helps students understand the sources but think critically about them. Sources for Western Society is also available to customize through Bedford Select.
Book Synopsis Western Society: A Brief History by : John P McKay
Download or read book Western Society: A Brief History written by John P McKay and published by Bedford. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief edition offers the unsurpassed social history of A History of Western Society in an accessible, lively format. Short enough to use with supplements and more affordable than its parent text, A Brief History retains the sustained attention to daily life, the rich art and map program, and all of the special features of the full-length edition. Extensive study aids help students comprehend the material and prepare for exams. Now you can have it all in a briefer book.
Book Synopsis Sources of Western Society, Volume I by : John P. McKay
Download or read book Sources of Western Society, Volume I written by John P. McKay and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume primary source collection provides a diverse selection of documents to accompany each chapter of A History of Western Society, Ninth Edition, and Western Society: A Brief History, First Edition. Each chapter contains at least four written sources that present history from the perspectives of well-known figures and ordinary individuals alike. Chapter introductions offer an overview of the period under discussion, and document headnotes and reading and discussion questions encourage student understanding. Each chapter concludes with a list of comparative questions that ask students to draw connections between sources and across time.
Book Synopsis A History of Western Society 9th Ed Vol 1 + Atlas of Western Civilization by : John P. McKay
Download or read book A History of Western Society 9th Ed Vol 1 + Atlas of Western Civilization written by John P. McKay and published by Bedford/st Martins. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Western Society, Volume 1 by : John P. McKay
Download or read book A History of Western Society, Volume 1 written by John P. McKay and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Western Society examines Western civilization through the lives of ordinary people as well as historical figures, using an engaging, lively writing style to capture student interest. The authors pay careful attention to political and cultural phenomena and provide a balanced account of Western history. Merry Wiesner and Clare Crowston are new authors to this edition--both scholars of women and gender--who do an excellent job of revising and improving the treatment of gender throughout the text.
Book Synopsis Modern Historiography by : Michael Bentley
Download or read book Modern Historiography written by Michael Bentley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Historiography is the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era, from James Boswell and Thomas Carlyle through to Lucien Febure and Eric Hobsbawm and surveys: the Enlightenment and Counter Enlightenment Romanticism the voice of Science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought the influence of, and broadening contact with, the New World the Annales school in France Postmodernism. Modern Historiography provides a clear and concise account of this modern period of historical writing.
Book Synopsis The Founders and the Classics by : Carl J. Richard
Download or read book The Founders and the Classics written by Carl J. Richard and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book—the first comprehensive study of the founders’ classical reading.
Book Synopsis A History of Western Society / Sources of Western Society by : John P. McKay
Download or read book A History of Western Society / Sources of Western Society written by John P. McKay and published by Bedford/st Martins. This book was released on 2009-08-07 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Western Society, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by : John P. McKay
Download or read book A History of Western Society, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment written by John P. McKay and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now from Bedford/St. Martin's, A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past and ties social history to the broad sweep of politics and culture. The tenth edition has been thoroughly revised to strengthen the text's readability, heighten its attention to daily life, and incorporate the insights of new scholarship, including an enhanced treatment of European exploration and a thoroughly revised post-1945 section. With a dynamic new design, new special features, and a completely revised and robust companion reader, this major revision makes the past memorable and accessible for a new generation of students and instructors.
