Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series
Author: Marcius Willson
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Category : Bible stories
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Bible stories
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Lays of Ancient Rome, with Illustrations, Original and from the Antique
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
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Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Sea-board of Mendip
Author: Francis Arnold Knight
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Category : Avon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : Avon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: Speeches. Lays of ancient Rome. Miscellaneous poems. Index
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Out of the Flames
Author: Lawrence Goldstone
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307489248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage. Out of the Flames tracks the history of The Chrisitianismi Restituto, examining Michael Servetus's life and times and the politics of the first information during the sixteenth century. The Chrisitianismi Restituto, a heretical work of biblical scholarship, written in 1553, aimed to refute the orthodox Christianity that Michael Servetus' old colleague, John Calvin, supported. After the book spread through the ranks of Protestant hierarchy, Servetus was tried and agonizingly burned at the stake, the last known copy of the Restitutio chained to his leg. Servetus's execution marked a turning point in the quest for freedom of expression, due largely to the development of the printing press and the proliferation of books in Renaissance Europe. Three copies of the Restitutio managed to survive the burning, despite every effort on the part of his enemies to destroy them. As a result, the book became almost a surrogate for its author, going into hiding and relying on covert distribution until it could be read freely, centuries later. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone follow the clandestine journey of the three copies through the subsequent centuries and explore its author's legacy and influence over the thinkers that shared his spirit and genius, such as Leibniz, Voltaire, Rousseau, Jefferson, Clarence Dorrow, and William Osler.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307489248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage. Out of the Flames tracks the history of The Chrisitianismi Restituto, examining Michael Servetus's life and times and the politics of the first information during the sixteenth century. The Chrisitianismi Restituto, a heretical work of biblical scholarship, written in 1553, aimed to refute the orthodox Christianity that Michael Servetus' old colleague, John Calvin, supported. After the book spread through the ranks of Protestant hierarchy, Servetus was tried and agonizingly burned at the stake, the last known copy of the Restitutio chained to his leg. Servetus's execution marked a turning point in the quest for freedom of expression, due largely to the development of the printing press and the proliferation of books in Renaissance Europe. Three copies of the Restitutio managed to survive the burning, despite every effort on the part of his enemies to destroy them. As a result, the book became almost a surrogate for its author, going into hiding and relying on covert distribution until it could be read freely, centuries later. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone follow the clandestine journey of the three copies through the subsequent centuries and explore its author's legacy and influence over the thinkers that shared his spirit and genius, such as Leibniz, Voltaire, Rousseau, Jefferson, Clarence Dorrow, and William Osler.
The Christian Remembrancer
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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The Progressive English reading books
Author: Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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The Last Revolutionaries
Author: Laura Mason
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030026545X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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The story of a poor man and radical activist who fought to revive the French Revolution, and whose failure heralded the republic’s defeat “Very much a book for our times. Mason’s retelling of the trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the French Revolution shows how democracies end. Historians of revolutions and all those concerned with the arc of social justice movements have much to learn from this remarkable story.”—Sophia Rosenfeld, University of Pennsylvania Laura Mason tells a new story about the French Revolution by exploring the trial of Gracchus Babeuf. Named by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as the “first modern communist,” Babeuf was a poor man, an autodidact, and an activist accused of conspiring to reignite the Revolution and renew political terror. In one of the lengthiest and most controversial trials of the revolutionary decade, Babeuf and his allies defended political liberty and social equality against a regime they accused of tyranny. Mason refracts national political life through Babeuf’s trial to reveal how this explosive event destabilized a fragile republic. Although the French Revolution is celebrated as a founding moment of modern representative government, this book reminds us that the experiment failed in just ten years. Mason explains how an elected government’s assault on popular democracy and social justice destroyed the republic, and why that matters now.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030026545X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The story of a poor man and radical activist who fought to revive the French Revolution, and whose failure heralded the republic’s defeat “Very much a book for our times. Mason’s retelling of the trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the French Revolution shows how democracies end. Historians of revolutions and all those concerned with the arc of social justice movements have much to learn from this remarkable story.”—Sophia Rosenfeld, University of Pennsylvania Laura Mason tells a new story about the French Revolution by exploring the trial of Gracchus Babeuf. Named by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as the “first modern communist,” Babeuf was a poor man, an autodidact, and an activist accused of conspiring to reignite the Revolution and renew political terror. In one of the lengthiest and most controversial trials of the revolutionary decade, Babeuf and his allies defended political liberty and social equality against a regime they accused of tyranny. Mason refracts national political life through Babeuf’s trial to reveal how this explosive event destabilized a fragile republic. Although the French Revolution is celebrated as a founding moment of modern representative government, this book reminds us that the experiment failed in just ten years. Mason explains how an elected government’s assault on popular democracy and social justice destroyed the republic, and why that matters now.
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems
Author: Macaulay
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Languages : en
Pages : 354
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