Great issues in Western Civilization: Volume I From Ancient Greece Through Louis XIV
By Brian Tierney.
Description
This collection of edited readings (primary and secondary) is organized chronologically into chapters that each present a "great issue": that is, a question or problem in Western civilization that is of ongoing interest to students and historians. The chapters present a variety of primary source materials - letters, chronicles, poems, government records, treatises - together with interpretations by modern historians representing a variety of points of view. This approach is designed to help students learn to evaluate historical materials critically and form their own opinions on i...
ISBN(s)
0394311132, 9780394311135
