Western Civilization I to 1500
  
Western Civilization I to 1500  
A Milestone Documents E-text
Author(s): Joseph T. Stuart
Published by Schlager Group Inc.
Publication Date:  Available in all formats
ISBN: 9781961844582
Pages: 180

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Western Civilization I to 1500: A Milestone Documents E-text is a peer-reviewed textbook originally created for the Milestone Documents course service. The book contains 15 chapters arranged in roughly chronological order. Together, the chapters offer a comprehensive textbook covering the period from archaic and early classical Greece to the Renaissance. It is suitable for instructors and students from high school through lower undergraduate levels.

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Western Civilization I to 1500: A Milestone Documents E-text is a peer-reviewed textbook originally created for the Milestone Documents course service. The book contains 15 chapters arranged in roughly chronological order. Together, the chapters offer a comprehensive textbook covering the period from archaic and early classical Greece to the Renaissance. It is suitable for instructors and students from high school through lower undergraduate levels.

Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Contents
  • Reader’s Guide
  • Contributors
  • Unit 1: Archaic and Early Classical Greece
  • The Greek Polis
  • Greek Civic Culture
  • Archaic Greece
  • Unit 1 Review
  • Unit 2: Late Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Age
  • Greek Philosophy
  • The Hellenistic World
  • Alexander the Great
  • Unit 2 Review
  • Unit 3: Roman Republic
  • Imperialism and the Punic Wars
  • Roman Culture
  • Government of the Roman Republic
  • Unit 3 Review
  • Unit 4: Roman Empire
  • Late Roman Empire
  • From Republic to Empire
  • Five Good Emperors
  • Unit 4 Review
  • Unit 5: The Rise of Christianity
  • Jewish Origins of Jesus
  • The Spread of Christianity and Persecutions
  • Christianity and Roman Paganism
  • Unit 5 Review
  • Unit 6: The Fall of Rome and the European Peoples
  • Barbarian Kingdoms
  • Cultures of the Germanic Tribes
  • Late Antiquity and the “Fall” of Rome
  • Unit 6 Review
  • Unit 7: Ascendancy of the East
  • Islamic Spain
  • The Rise of Islam
  • The Byzantine Empire
  • Unit 7 Review
  • Unit 8: The Church and the Conversion of the European Peoples
  • Christianity in Britain and Ireland
  • Saint Boniface in France and Germany
  • Saint Benedict and Western Monasticism
  • Unit 8 Review
  • Unit 9: Age of Charlemagne
  • The Carolingian Renaissance
  • Charlemagne
  • Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties
  • Unit 9 Review
  • Unit 10: Feudal Europe and the “Dark Age”
  • Vikings
  • Corruption in the Church
  • Feudal Society
  • Unit 10 Review
  • Unit 11: Church Reform in the Eleventh Century and the Medieval Papacy
  • Church and State
  • The Investiture Controversy
  • Cluniac Reform
  • Unit 11 Review
  • Unit 12: International Relations
  • Exploration
  • The Mongols
  • Crusades
  • Unit 12 Review
  • Unit 13: Medieval Institutions
  • Medieval Universities
  • Dante and the Italian Communes
  • Mendicant Orders
  • Unit 13 Review
  • Unit 14: The Waning of the Middle Ages
  • Rise of National Monarchies
  • Church Corruption and the Conciliar Movement
  • Great Plague
  • Unit 14 Review
  • Unit 15: The Renaissance and the Transformation of the Western World
  • Renaissance Men and Women
  • Christian Humanism
  • Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture
  • Unit 15 Review
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