The ordeal of civilization;: a sketch of the development and world-wide diffusion of our present-day institutions and ideas
1. Getting under way. -- 2. The German invasions and the break-up of the Roman Empire. -- 3. Rise of the Papacy and of the monks. -- 4. Conditions in Charlemagne's time. -- 5. Feuds and emperors. -- 7. The Crusades. -- 8. Medieval church at its height. -- 9. Medieval towns : their business and...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York London
Harper & Bros.
1926
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| In: | Year: 1926 |
| Further subjects: | B
Civilization
B Europe History B Europe B History |
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| Summary: | 1. Getting under way. -- 2. The German invasions and the break-up of the Roman Empire. -- 3. Rise of the Papacy and of the monks. -- 4. Conditions in Charlemagne's time. -- 5. Feuds and emperors. -- 7. The Crusades. -- 8. Medieval church at its height. -- 9. Medieval towns : their business and buildings. -- 10. Books and knowledge in the Middle Ages. -- 11. Development of England and France. -- 12. Emperor Charles V and his vast realms. -- 13. Break-up of the Medieval church : Protestants vs Catholics. -- 14. The so-called wars of religion. -- 15. Discovery of constitutional government in England. -- 16. Age of Louis XIV. -- 17. Eighteenth-century rulers : their wars and reforms. -- 18. Foundation of Britain's rule overseas. -- 19. Medieval survivals in the eighteenth century. -- 20. Modern science and the idea of progress. -- 21. French revolution. -- 22. Europe and Napoleon. -- 23. Europe after the Congress at Vienna. -- 24 Dawn of our age of machines. -- 25. Creation of modern Italy and Germany : the third French Republic. -- 26. Great Britain and her empire. -- 27. Expansion of European influence in the nineteenth century. -- 28. Russia dn the near eastern question. -- 29. World War. -- 30 Europe since the worl war. |
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| Item Description: | "A large part of the material, both text and illustrations, of this volume is taken from Mediaeval and modern times." |