| Sources for the History of Western Civilization, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century, Second Edition (Revised) Contributor(s): Burger, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1442609303 ISBN-13: 9781442609303 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $62.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Western Europe - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 909.09 |
| LCCN: 2015487218 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.5" W x 9.1" (2.10 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents without unnecessary editorial intervention. Volume I begins in the second millennium BC with The Descent of Ishtar and ends with Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. New to this edition are an example for students of how to read a primary source, selections from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, additional material from Augustine's Confessions, additional letters from Sidonius Appolinaris and Desiderius Erasmus, and the Code Noir. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burger, Michael: - Michael Burger is an historian of medieval Europe and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Auburn University at Montgomery. He is the author of Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment (2014) and The Shaping of Western Civilization (2013). |