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xv, 388 pages ; 23 cm 103 selected documents illustrating the history of Western man, from the correspondence between Pliny and Trajan in A.D. 112, to the U.N. Charter in 1945 Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) Rise of Christianity and the Papacy -- Feudalism and the Frankish State -- The Struggle between Monarchs and Popes: Germany-Nationalism Defeated; France-Nationalism Triumphant -- The Reformation -- The Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England -- The Monarchical State during France's grand sie'cle -- Western Civilization Moves to the New World -- The French Revolution -- Napoleon and the Reaction -- Social Unrest in the Nineteenth Century -- The Rise of Modern Germany -- The Unification of Italy -- Reform, Reaction and Revolution in Russia -- The Great War -- World War II and the Nuclear Age List of Documents: Correspondence between Pliny and Trajan -- Emperor Galerius' Edict of Toleration -- Edicts from the Theodosian Code -- Decretal of Pope Siricius -- Edict of Emperor Valentinian -- Pope Gelasius I's Letter to the Emperor -- The Coronation of Pepin the Short -- Charlemagne Made Roman Emperor -- The Oaths of Strasbourg and Treaty of Verdun -- Formu

Author

Milton Viorst

Publisher

Philadelphia: Chilton Books

Published

1965

Language

EN

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities