Primary Sources in Western Civilization, Volume 1 for Primary Sources in Western Civilization, Volume 1

by Pearson Education

• ISBN13: 9780131755833
• ISBN10: 0131755838
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-10
• Publisher: Pearson

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Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
How to Read Primary Sources	p. ix
The Ancient World (5000 BCE - 500 CE)
The Ancient Middle East
Hittite Law Code: Excerpts from The Code of Nesilim	p. 3
The Code of Hammurabi	p. 7
An Egyptian Hymn to the Nile	p. 12
Excerpts from The Epic of Gilgamesh	p. 14
Ancient Greece
Tyrtaeus: The Spartan Creed, c. 650 BCE	p. 19
Thucydides: The Debate on the Sicilian Expedition, c. 420 BCE	p. 21
On the Murder of Eratosthenes: A Husband's Defense, c. 403 BCE	p. 25
Socrates' Apology, as Reported by Plato, c. 390 BCE	p. 29
Rome: From Republic to Empire
Polybius: "Why Romans and Not Greeks Govern the World", c. 140 BCE	p. 32
Appian of Alexandria, "War, Slaves, and Land Reform: Tiberius Gracchus", c. 150 BCE	p. 36
Livy: The Rape of Lucretia and the Origins of the Republic, c. 10 BCE	p. 42
Women in Roman Politics: Manipulators or Manipulated?, c. 100 CE	p. 45
Imperial Rome and Early Christianity
Gnostic Teachings on Jesus, Accordning to Irenaeus, c. 170 CE	p. 51
Tertullian, "What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?", c. 200 CE	p. 53
Eusebius of Caesarea on the Nicean Council and the Creed, c. 330 CE	p. 54
The Conversion of Georgia, from The Life of Saint Nino, 337 CE	p. 57
Traditional Roman Religious Practices, 382 CE	p. 58
The Middle Ages (500 CE - 1500 CE)
Islam, Byzantium, and the Making of Europe
Priscus Panties at the Court of Attila the Hun, c. 450	p. 63
The Confession of Saint Patrick, c. 450	p. 65
Prologue of the Corpus Juris Civillis, c. 530	p. 69
The Book of Emperors and Kings: Charlemagne and Pope Leo III, c. 1150	p. 71
Science and Mathematics: Al-Ghazzali, "On the Separation of Mathematics and Religion", 1058-1111	p. 78
The Consolidation and Interaction of States and Ideas
Letter of Pope Gregory VII to the Bishop of Metz, 1081	p. 81
Anna of Comnena, from the Alexiad, 1083-1153	p. 86
Benjamin of Tudela, from Book of Travels, 1127-1174	p. 88
Christian Armies Beseige Lisbon, 1147	p. 91
Philip II Augustus Expels the Jews from France, 1182	p. 93
Beha ed-Din: Richard I Massacres	p. 95
Prisoners after Taking Acre, c. 1195 Unam Sanctam: Pope Boniface VIII on the Two Swords, 1302	p. 97
The Penitentials, c. 1575	p. 100
Society and Culture in the High Middle Ages
Sports in the City of London, 1180	p. 104
Excerpts from the History of the Life and Travels of Rabban Bar Sawma	p. 106
College Life: Letters between Students and their Fathers, c. 1200	p. 113
Manorial Court Records, 1246-1247	p. 115
St, Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Reason in the Summa Against the Gentiles, 1259-1264	p. 119
Marco Polo, excerpts from Travels, c. 1300	p. 122
Guilds: Regulating the Craft, 1347	p. 123
"For the Honor of the Guild": Social and Civic Responsibilities, 1421-1425	p. 125
The Ideal Merchant's Wife, c. 1450	p. 128
The Late Middle Ages - Crisis and Recovery
How They Died: Coroner's Rolls from the 14th Century, 1322-1337	p. 131
Flagellants Attempt to Ward Off the Black Death, 1349	p. 135
The Lollard Conclusions, 1394	p. 136
The Execution of Heretics: Saints and Witches, 1389-1427	p. 141
Propositions of John Wycliffe, as Described in the Church's Condemnation, 1415	p. 145
The West in Transformation (1350 - 1700)
The Renaissance
Petrarch: Rules for a Successful Ruler, c. 1350	p. 149
Advice to Lorenzo de Medici: On Wifely Duties, 1416	p. 153
Lorenzo Valla Skewers the Supposed "Donation of Constantine", c. 1440	p. 159
Marriage in the Renaissance: A Serious Business, 1464-1465	p. 162
Niccolo Machiavelli: From the Discourses on Livy, 1513-1517	p. 164
Benvenuto Cellini: The Life of an Artist, 1558-1562	p. 166
Reformations and Counter-Reformations
The Act of Supremacy, 1534	p. 173
The Council of Trent, 1545-1563	p. 174
Anonymous, "The Execution of Archbishop Cranmer", 1556	p. 178
Catherine Zell, "Letter to Ludwig Rabus", 1556-1558	p. 181
Acts of Uniformity, 1559	p. 183
Anonymous Government Agent, "Arrest of Edmund Campion and his Associates", 1581	p. 187
The Edict of Nantes, 1598	p. 193
The Development of Early-Modern States and Societies
Jean Bodin, Six Books of the Commonwealth, "The True Attributes of Sovereignty."	p. 197
Hugo Grotius, selections from On the Law of War and Peace	p. 200
Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan	p. 204
The Treaty of Westphalia, 1743	p. 208
The Poor Laws	p. 212
La Colonie, "The Battle of Schellenberg"	p. 217
Peter the Great, "Correspondence with Alexis"	p. 223
Expanding Worlds
Letter from the Kings of Portugal to the King of Kongo	p. 227
Bartolome de Las Casas, Very Brief Report on the Destruction of the Indians	p. 230
Jamestown Charter	p. 232
Richard Frethorne, "Letter to Father and Mother"	p. 236
Christopher Columbus, "The Letters of Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabel"	p. 239
Cieza de Leon, "The Chronicle of Peru"	p. 242
Anonymous, "The English Describe Pawatah's People"	p. 244
"The Code Noir"	p. 246
Thought and Culture in Early Modern Europe
Francis Bacon, from Novum Organum	p. 249
William Harvey, Address to the Royal College of Physicians	p. 253
Rene Descartes, The Discourse on Method and Metaphysical Meditations, "I Think, Therefore I Am"	p. 255
Charles Perrault, Little Red Riding-Hood	p. 258
Isaac Newton, from Optiks	p. 260
John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress	p. 265
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