Epochs of European civilization antiquity to Renaissance
In this course, University College London professor Geoffrey Hosking discusses the four themes that make European history different from other parts of the world: the nation-state, citizenship, the scientific method, and broadly based public finance.
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| Language: | English |
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Prince Frederick, MD :
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p2005.
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| Series: | Modern scholar.
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Table of Contents:
- Lecture 1. Jews in the ancient world
- Lecture 2. Jews and the Diaspora
- Lecture 3. Ancient Greece
- Lecture 4. Greek science, philosophy, and culture
- Lecture 5. Rome as a city-state
- Lecture 6. Augustus and the fall of the Roman Empire
- Lecture 7. The birth and spread of Christianity
- Lecture 8. Western Christianity after Augustus
- Lecture 9. The challenge of Islam
- Lecture 10. Feudalism and western kingship
- Lecture 11. The church's bid for power
- Lecture 12. Origins of the modern state
- Lecture 13. Italian city-states and public finance: the nature of money, trade, and finance
- Lecture 14. The Renaissance.
