Heritage of Western Civilization, Volume I Ancient Civilizations and the Emergence of the West

by Beatty, John L., Deceased; Johnson, Oliver A., Deceased; Reisbord, John, Ph.D.; Choudhury, Mita

• ISBN13: 9780130341273
• ISBN10: 0130341274
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-08-07
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Substantially revised, the Ninth Edition of Heritage of Western Civilization provides a rich and complex picture of Western history. New editors John Reisbord and Mita Choudhury have included fourteen new selections in the Ninth Edition, six of which are authored by women. In addition, revised introductions and new questions for consideration provide the New to the Ninth Edition Volume I: bull; Esarhaddon, "Second Inscription of Esarhaddon" bull; Xenophon, "The Charactr of Cyrus" bull; Aristotle, "The Care of Infancy" bull; Plutarch, "The Life of Crasus" bull; Hildegard, Letters bull; Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, "An Appreciation of the Frankish Character" bull; Laura Cereta, Letters bull; Alessandra Strozzi, Letters Volume II: bull; Malleus Malificarum bull; Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Women" bull; Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor bull; Catherine Booth, "God of Education" bull; W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk bull; Gusta Dawidson-Draenger, Justina's Diary

Table of Contents

PREFACE	xi
THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST	3	(38)
THE CODE OF HAMMURABI	7	(8)
The Code of Hammurabi	7	(8)
EGYPTIAN RELIGION	15	(6)
Hymn to the Nile	15	(2)
Hymn to the Sun	17	(4)
ASSYRIAN CONQUEST	21	(6)
Second Inscription of Esarhaddon	21	(6)
THE OLD TESTAMENT	27	(14)
Genesis	27	(5)
Exodus	32	(2)
The Book of Job	34	(7)
GREECE	41	(101)
SOPHOCLES	44	(29)
Antigone	45	(28)
THUCYDIDES	73	(15)
History of the Peloponnesian War	74	(14)
XENOPHON	88	(4)
The Character of Cyrus	88	(4)
THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES	92	(35)
The Apology	93	(27)
Crito	107	(10)
Phaedo	117	(3)
PLATO	120	(7)
The Republic	121	(6)
ARISTOTLE ON GOVERNMENT	127	(11)
Aristotle: The Politics	128	(1)
The State Exists by Nature	128	(2)
Correct and Deviated Constitutions Distinguished	130	(2)
Classification of Correct and Deviated Constitutions	132	(1)
An Economic Classification of Constitutions	132	(1)
The Just Distribution of Political Power	133	(2)
The Merits of the Middle Constitution	135	(3)
ARISTOTLE ON EDUCATION	138	(4)
The Care of Infancy	138	(4)
ROME	142	(58)
POLYBIOS	144	(10)
Histories	145	(9)
PLUTARCH	154	(5)
The Insurrection of the Gladiators	154	(5)
SUETONIUS	159	(14)
The Lives of the Caesars	160	(13)
MARCUS AURELIUS	173	(9)
Meditations	173	(9)
JUVENAL	182	(9)
The Third Satire	183	(8)
THE NEW TESTAMENT	191	(9)
The Gospel According to Matthew	191	(5)
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans	196	(4)
THE MIDDLE AGES	200	(100)
EINHARD	203	(15)
The Life of Charlemagne	204	(14)
LIFE IN COUNTRY AND TOWN	218	(12)
Capitulare de Villis	219	(7)
Charter of the Liberties of Lorris	226	(4)
MAGNA CARTA	230	(7)
Magna Carta	231	(6)
CHURCH AND STATE	237	(8)
The Second Letter of Gregory VII to Hermann, Bishop of Metz, March 15, 1081	238	(4)
The Bull Unam Sanctam of Boniface VIII	242	(3)
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN	245	(6)
Hildegard to the Prelates at Mainz	246	(3)
Christian, Archbishop of Mainz, to Hildegard	249	(2)
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS	251	(11)
Summa Contra Gentiles	252	(7)
Summa Theologica	259	(3)
MEDIEVAL SECULAR POETRY	262	(5)
The Confession of Golias	263	(2)
Let's Away with Study	265	(1)
Gaudeamus Igitur	266	(1)
JEAN, SIRE DE JOINVILLE	267	(10)
Memoirs	268	(9)
USAMAH IBN-MUNQIDH	277	(8)
An Appreciation of the Frankisk Character	277	(8)
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA	285	(6)
The Dialogue	286	(5)
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO	291	(9)
The Decameron	292	(8)
RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION	300
PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA	304	(4)
On the Dignity of Man	305	(3)
LAU RA CERETA	308	(7)
In Defense of Liberal Education for Women	309	(3)
On the Coming of the Turks	312	(3)
ALESSANDRA STROZZI	315	(4)
From Alessandra to her son Lorenzo, February 27, 1453	315	(2)
From Alessandra to her son Filippo, April 20, 1465	317	(1)
From Alessandra to her son Filippo, July 26, 1465	317	(2)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS	319	(8)
Journal and Letter	320	(7)
BENVENUTO CELLINI	327	(17)
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini	328	(16)
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS	344	(17)
The Religious Pilgrimage	345	(16)
MARTIN LUTHER	361	(13)
An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate, 1520	362	(12)
JOHN CALVIN	374	(12)
Institutes of the Christian Religion	375	(11)
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION	386
The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent	387

Excerpts

The editor assigned to a work entering its Ninth Edition takes on a special obligation. Since 1958, John Beatty and Oliver Johnson's Heritage of Western Civilization has proved a valuable tool for countless students and instructors. Our revision of the Eighth Edition was carried out with full knowledge and respect for the fact that we were working on a book that has stood the test of time. Still, no work such as this reaches a Ninth Edition unless its editors are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve on past efforts. In a sense, our challenge was very much like that facing any teacher of Western Civilization. Given limited time, or in our case limited space, what should the instructor include and what must he or the leave out? The latter task was at least as difficult as the former. A strong argument could be made for the retention of every selection in the Eighth Edition. However, our mandate was to broaden the range of topics and authors included in this anthology without increasing its length and, in service of that goal, tough choices had to be made. We hope that the inclusion of authors such as the Muslim warrior and courtier Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, the Italian matriarch Alessandra Strozzi, and the Dominican witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger will provide readers with p richer, more complex picture of Western history. Changes to the Ninth Edition: The most important change to the Ninth Edition of the Heritage of Western Civilization is the inclusion of fourteen new selections, six of which were authored by women. New sources include: Volume I: Esarhaddon, "Second Inscription of Esarhaddon" Xenophon, "The Charactr of Cyrus" Aristotle, "The Care of Infancy" Plutarch, "The Life of Crasus" Hildegard,Letters Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, "An Appreciation of the Frankish Character" Laura Cereta,Letters Alessandra Strozzi,Letters Volume II: Malleus Malificarum Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Women" Henry Mayhew,London Labour and the London Poor Catherine Booth, "God of Education" W.E.B. DuBois,The Souls of Black Folk Gusta Dawidson-Draenger,Justina's Diary In addition, the introductions to every source in both volumes of Heritage have been revised with an eye to providing students with the necessary context to explore the selection in question, while avoiding the imposition of any particular analytical framework on the material. Finally, in an effort to help facilitate students' close reading and critique of the selections, questions for consideration have been added to the introduction to each source and at the end of the general introduction to each major section. John Reisbord Mita Choudhury