The golden thread a history of the western tradition Volume II, The modern and contemporary west /
"Where do the threads that form the Western tradition originate, and how were they woven together over the two and a half milennia before 1500? What are the sources of our modern ideas about science, freedom, equality, law, good government, and virtue? These are the questions explore in The Golden T...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London, England, United Kingdom :
Golden Thread Academic,
2026
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| Edition: | First American edition |
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| Summary: | "Where do the threads that form the Western tradition originate, and how were they woven together over the two and a half milennia before 1500? What are the sources of our modern ideas about science, freedom, equality, law, good government, and virtue? These are the questions explore in The Golden Thread, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom, written by James Hankins. The story begins with the seminal culture of the classical Greeks and moves through the Hellenization of the East following the conquests of Alexander the Great. Hankins then narrates the rise and dominance of Rome and the fusion of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian cultures in the Christian empire of the fourth century AD. The volume follows the history of Christendom from the fall of the Western Roman empire, charts its centuries-long rivalry with the Islamic world, and culminates in the emergence of European civilization in the Middle Age and Renaissance. Volume I examines how the foundations were laid for the West's political and economic dominance in the modern era, illuminating the deep roots of the ideas, arts, and institutions that continue to shape our world."--from the back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781641774017 1641774010 |
| Author Notes: | JAMES HANKINS is Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches Western intellectual history, the history of the classical tradition, and the Italian Renaissance. His prize-winning book, Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy , was published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University in November 2019. |
