The Great Documents of Western CivilizationThe author has assembled 103 documents that trace the history of western civilization from its roots in the ancient Hammurabi code to the 1945 United Nations Charter. Many of these documents are excerpted; all are discussed and carefully placed in the flow of world events. The introductions to each section and the interpretive commentary on each document add significant value to this collection. The author uses the documents as stepping stones to guide us through the significant events in our history. -- Amazon (customer review) |
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Page 70
... French church to help finance his continuing war against England . Though Rome taxed the French clergy for its own political objectives always referred to as " crusades " -it claimed exemption for the local churches from any royal ...
... French church to help finance his continuing war against England . Though Rome taxed the French clergy for its own political objectives always referred to as " crusades " -it claimed exemption for the local churches from any royal ...
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... French emperor , which was to have great consequences for Italy . He agreed to cede to France the provinces of Nice and Savoy , Sardinia's French - speaking territories west of the Alps . In return , the emperor agreed to join him in a ...
... French emperor , which was to have great consequences for Italy . He agreed to cede to France the provinces of Nice and Savoy , Sardinia's French - speaking territories west of the Alps . In return , the emperor agreed to join him in a ...
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... French defensive lines and swarmed over the countryside . Instead of driving toward Paris as they had in 1914 , the German columns wheeled toward the sea in a strategy designed to cut off most of the British , French and Belgian armies ...
... French defensive lines and swarmed over the countryside . Instead of driving toward Paris as they had in 1914 , the German columns wheeled toward the sea in a strategy designed to cut off most of the British , French and Belgian armies ...
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Popes | 47 |
B FRANCENationalism Triumphant | 64 |
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