Medieval and Modern Times An Introduction to the History of Western Europe From the Dissolution of the Roman Empire to the Opening of the Great War of 1914 Classic Reprint

James Harvey Robinson

ISBN 10: 1528585267 / ISBN 13: 9781528585262

Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018

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• Titre: Medieval and Modern Times An Introduction to the History of Western Europe From the Dissolution of the Roman Empire to the Opening of the Great War of 1914 Classic Reprint
• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1528585267
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781528585262
• Reliure: HRD
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 1598 grammes

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Excerpt from Medieval and Modern Times: An Introduction to the History of Western Europe From the Dissolution of the Roman Empire to the Opening of the Great War of 1914

During the four centuries from the first emperor, Augustus, to the barbarian invasions we hear of no attempt on the part of its subjects to overthrow the Empire or to withdraw from it. The Roman State, it was universally believed, was to endure forever. Had a rebellious nation succeeded in throwing off the rule of the emperor and in establishing its independence, it would simply have placed itself outside the civilized world.

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In introducing the student to the history of the development of European culture, the problem of proportion has seemed to me, throughout, the fundamental one. Consequently I have endeavored not only to state matters truly and clearly but also to bring the narrative into harmony with the most recent conceptions of the relative importance of past events and institutions. It has seemed best, in an elementary treatise upon so vast a theme, to omit the names of many personages and conflicts of secondary importance which have ordinarily found their way into our historical text-books. I have ventured also to neglect a considerable number of episodes and anecdotes which, while hallowed by assiduous repetition, appear to owe their place in our manuals rather to accident or mere tradition than to any profound meaning for the student of the subject. The space saved by these omissions has been used for three main purposes. Institutions under which Europe has lived for centuries, above all the Church, have been discussed with a good deal more fullness than is usual in similar manuals. The life and work of a few men of indubitably first-rate importance in the various fields of human endeavor Gregory the Great, Charlemagne, OA belard, St. Francis, Petrarch, Luther, Erasmus, Vol taire, Napoleon, Bismarck have been treated with care y| proportionate to their significance for the world.
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