Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Volume I: To 1715, Brief Edition

by Thomas F.X. Noble, Duane J. Osheim

The Brief Edition of Western Civilization presents a strong chronological and political framework and seamlessly integrates the social and cultural forces that have shaped the western past. Two related themes are pursued 1) Europe in relation to the rest of the world and non-Western influences, and 2) power in all its senses, public and private; economic, social, cultural, and political; symbolic and real.

Genres: History

416 pages, Paperback

Published December 7, 1998

About the author

Professor, Department of History, University of Notre Dame.

Medieval, Mediterranean, religious; the city of Rome, the papacy, late antiquity, the Carolingians, the West and Byzantium.

Reviews

[Greg Collver · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found it very annoying to read the Sunday School history sections. I did not expect such an obviously biased, religious-based view of history. Just try to read the section on Israel's history in chapter 2 without laughing or groaning.