The golden thread : a history of the Western tradition, volume 1: The ancient world and Christendom
Allen C. Guelzo
Bok · Engelsk · 2025
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| Omfang | XLI, 1258 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | "Notes about the book - Authorship: The Golden Thread speaks in two singular voices. Volume I of this history is entirely the work of James Hankins, except for the introduction, which was written with Allen C. Guelzo. An earlier version of the introduction was published in the September 2021 issue of the New Criterion. Volume II is the work of Allen C. Guelzo.". - Where do the threads that form the Western tradition originate, and how were they woven together in the two and half millenia before 1500? What are the sources of our modern ideas about science, freedom, equality, law, good government, and virtue? These are the questions addressed by The Golden Thread Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom.The story begins with the seminal culture of the classical Greeks and describes the Hellenization of the east following the conquests of Alexander the Great; the volume then narrates the rise and dominance of Rome, and the confluence of Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian culture in the Christian empire of the fourth century AD. It follows the history of Christendom from fall of western Rome, describes the long rivalry with the Islamic world, and culminates in the emergence of European civilization in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.Volume I explores how the foundations were laid for the economic, cultural, and political dominance of the West in the modern period.
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| ISBN | 9781641773997
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