Asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern societies and government are built, and argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs emerged much earlier than we think.
Asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern societies and government are built, and argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs emerged much earlier than we think.
Contents Prologue: What is the West About? The World of Antiquity Chapter 1. The Ancient Family Chapter 2. The Ancient City Chapter 3. The Ancient Cosmos A Moral Revolution Chapter 4. The World Turned Upside Down: Paul Chapter 5. The Truth Within: Moral Equality Chapter 6. Heroism Redefined Chapter 7. A New Form of Association: Monasticism Chapter 8. The Weakness of the Will: Augustine Towards the Idea of Fundamental Law Chapter 9. Shaping New Attitudes and Habits Chapter 10. Distinguishing Spiritual from Temporal Power Chapter 11. Barbarian Codes, Roman Law and Christian Intuitions Chapter 12. The Carolingian Compromise Europe Acquires its Identity Chapter 13. Why Feudalism did not Recreate Ancient Slavery Chapter 14. Fostering the 'Peace of God' Chapter 15. The Papal Revolution: A Constitution for Europe? Chapter 16. Natural Law and Natural Rights A New Model of Government Chapter 17. Centralization and the New Sense of Justice Chapter 18. The Democratizing of Reason Chapter 19. Steps towards the Creation of Nation-States Chapter 20. Urban Insurrections The Birth Pangs of Modern Liberty Chapter 21. Popular Aspirations and the Friars Chapter 22. The Defence of Egalitarian Moral Intuitions Chapter 23. God's Freedom and Human Freedom Joined: Ockham Chapter 24. Struggling for Representative Government in the Church Chapter 25. Dispensing with the Renaissance Epilogue: Christianity and Secularism Select Bibliography and Endnotes Index
Contents Prologue: What is the West About? The World of Antiquity Chapter 1. The Ancient Family Chapter 2. The Ancient City Chapter 3. The Ancient Cosmos A Moral Revolution Chapter 4. The World Turned Upside Down: Paul Chapter 5. The Truth Within: Moral Equality Chapter 6. Heroism Redefined Chapter 7. A New Form of Association: Monasticism Chapter 8. The Weakness of the Will: Augustine Towards the Idea of Fundamental Law Chapter 9. Shaping New Attitudes and Habits Chapter 10. Distinguishing Spiritual from Temporal Power Chapter 11. Barbarian Codes, Roman Law and Christian Intuitions Chapter 12. The Carolingian Compromise Europe Acquires its Identity Chapter 13. Why Feudalism did not Recreate Ancient Slavery Chapter 14. Fostering the 'Peace of God' Chapter 15. The Papal Revolution: A Constitution for Europe? Chapter 16. Natural Law and Natural Rights A New Model of Government Chapter 17. Centralization and the New Sense of Justice Chapter 18. The Democratizing of Reason Chapter 19. Steps towards the Creation of Nation-States Chapter 20. Urban Insurrections The Birth Pangs of Modern Liberty Chapter 21. Popular Aspirations and the Friars Chapter 22. The Defence of Egalitarian Moral Intuitions Chapter 23. God's Freedom and Human Freedom Joined: Ockham Chapter 24. Struggling for Representative Government in the Church Chapter 25. Dispensing with the Renaissance Epilogue: Christianity and Secularism Select Bibliography and Endnotes Index
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