| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
xv, 388 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 371-375. |
| Contents |
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. |
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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 -- Formulae of Commendation, Immunity and Fiefdom -- Truce of God -- Pope Urban II Initiates the First Crusade -- Gregory VII's Dictatus Papae -- Gregory VII's Letter Denouncing Henry IV -- Henry IV's Violent Reply -- Gregory VII Deposes Henry IV -- Gregory's Account of Henry's Submission at Canossa -- Concordat of Worms -- The Golden Bull of Charles IV -- Adalbero's Plea to Elect Hugh Capet -- The Charter of Lorris -- The Unam Sanctam of Pope Boniface VIII - Declaration of the Council of Pisa -- The Council of Constance -- The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges -- Tetzel's Instructions on Selling Indulgences -- Luther's Ninety-Five Theses -- Luther's Address to the German Nobility -- Peasants' Manifesto -- England's Act of Supremacy -- Religious Peace of Augsburg -- Decrees of the Council of Trent -- Edict of Nantes -- Magna Carta -- James I's Claim of Divine Right -- Petition of Right -- Death Warrant of Charles I -- Declaration of Rights -- Richelieu's Political Testament -- Edict ordering the Demolition of Feudal Castles -- Colbert on Mercantilism -- Louis XIV's Acquisition of Strasbourg -- Revocation of the Edict of Nantes -- Louis XIV Accepts the Spanish Succession -- Preamble to the Grand Alliance -- The Treaty of Utrecht -- Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus -- The Mayflower Compact -- The Declaration of Independence -- Bolivar's Address at Angostura -- The Monroe Doctrine -- |
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Turgot's Letter to Louis XVI -- Decree to Abolish the Feudal System -- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -- Civil Constitution of the Clergy -- Louis XVI's Letter to the King of Prussia -- Proclamation on Spreading the Revolution -- The Coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire -- Napoleon's Proclamation at Austerlitz -- The Berlin Decree -- Treaty of Fontainebleau -- Louis XVIII's Charter of 1814 -- The Holy Alliance -- Circular Note of Troppau -- The Decembrist Manifesto -- Chartist Petition of 1838 -- Decrees of French Provisional Government on Labor -- The Communist Manifesto -- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address -- Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States -- Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum -- Establishment of Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine -- Prussian Edict of Emancipation -- German Act of Confederation -- Frankfort Constitution of 1849 -- Bismarck's "Blood and Iron" Speech -- Treaty of Prague -- Proclamation of the German Empire -- Mazzini's Instructions to Young Italy -- Victor Emmanuel Opens the Italian Parliament -- Garibaldi's Account of the Taking of Naples -- Austro-Italian Treaty on Venetia -- Papal Encyclical Protesting the Seizure of Rome -- Victor Emmanuel's Speech in Rome -- Tsar Alexander II's Emancipation of the Serfs -- Tsar Nicholas III Announces his Policy -- The October Manifesto -- Nicholas Dismisses the First Duma -- Proclamation Establishing a Provisional Government -- Proclamation of the October Revolution -- Austro-German Treaty of Alliance -- Franco-Russian Alliance -- Entente Cordiale -- Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia -- Wilson Proposes Declaration of War -- Treaty of Versailles -- Covenant of the League of Nations -- The Munich Agreement -- British Declaration of War -- Churchill's Speech after Dunkirk -- Hitler's Proclamation on Invading Russia -- The Atlantic Charter -- Truman Introduces the Atomic Age -- The United Nations Charter. |
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Civilization, Western -- History -- Sources.
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