The Western Heritage: To 1715

by Kagan, Donald; Ozment, Steven E.; Turner, Frank M.

• ISBN13: 9780136174240
• ISBN10: 0136174248
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

The book calls attention to the development of political freedom and constitutional government; the shifting relations among religion, society, and the state; the development of science and technology and their impact on thought and social institutions; and the major religious and intellectual currents that have shaped Western culture.

Table of Contents

VOLUME I
The Foundations of Western Civilization in the Ancient World	1	(195)
1 The Birth of Civilization	6	(28)
2 The Rise of Greek Civilization	34	(38)
3 Classical and Hellenistic Greece	72	(40)
4 Rome: From Republic to Empire	112	(42)
5 The Roman Empire	154	(42)
The Middle Ages, 476-1300	196	(108)
6 The Early Middle Ages (476-1000): The Birth of Europe	200	(40)
7 The High Middle Ages (1000-1300): The Ascendancy of the Church and the Rise of States	240	(30)
8 The High Middle Ages (1000-1300): People, Towns, and Universities	270	(34)
Europe in Transition, 1300-1750	304
9 The Late Middle Ages (1300-1527): Centuries of Crisis	308	(24)
10 Renaissance and Discovery	332	(36)
11 The Age of Reformation	368	(46)
12 The Age of Religious Wars	414	(34)
13 Paths to Constitutionalism and Absolutism: England and France in the Seventeenth Century	448	(32)
14 New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	480	(32)
15 Successful and Unsuccessful Paths to Power (1686-1740)	512