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First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700, providing

With fresh insight into what the great works meant when they were created and why they appeal to us now, here is a vivid tour of painting, sculpture, and archit

The authors have structured five centuries of utopian invention by identifying successive constellations, groups of thinkers joined by common social and moral c

This book focuses on the forces of social change and what they have meant in the lives of the people caught in the middle of them from medieval times through ou

With the United States' superpower status rivalled by a rising China and emerging powers like India and Brazil playing a growing role in international affairs,