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 148
... Spain , who was old and feeble , had no direct heir . Though he was a Hapsburg , he was related to the Bourbon ... Spain's enormous overseas empire . As the last years of the seventeenth century slipped by , Europe followed the health ...
... Spain , who was old and feeble , had no direct heir . Though he was a Hapsburg , he was related to the Bourbon ... Spain's enormous overseas empire . As the last years of the seventeenth century slipped by , Europe followed the health ...
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... Spain . Far from pledging that France and Spain would not be united , which was a condition of the heritage , Louis XIV wrote ominously : " We shall exhort him ( the Duke of Anjou ) to remember his birth , to preserve the love of his ...
... Spain . Far from pledging that France and Spain would not be united , which was a condition of the heritage , Louis XIV wrote ominously : " We shall exhort him ( the Duke of Anjou ) to remember his birth , to preserve the love of his ...
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... Spain - all of whom died . He speaks of Spain's apostolic mission among the heathen natives . But he does not fail to point out that conversion would be accompanied by " the acquisition of great lordships ( territories ) , peoples , and ...
... Spain - all of whom died . He speaks of Spain's apostolic mission among the heathen natives . But he does not fail to point out that conversion would be accompanied by " the acquisition of great lordships ( territories ) , peoples , and ...
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