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Substantially revised, the Ninth Edition of Heritage of Western Civilization provides a rich and complex picture of Western history. New editors John Reisbord and Mita Choudhury have included fourteen new selections in the Ninth Edition, six of which are authored by women. In addition, revised introductions and new questions for consideration provide the New to the Ninth Edition Volume I: bull; Esarhaddon, "Second Inscription of Esarhaddon" bull; Xenophon, "The Charactr of Cyrus" bull; Aristotle, "The Care of Infancy" bull; Plutarch, "The Life of Crasus" bull; Hildegard, Letters bull; Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, "An Appreciation of the Frankish Character" bull; Laura Cereta, Letters bull; Alessandra Strozzi, Letters Volume II: bull; Malleus Malificarum bull; Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Women" bull; Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor bull; Catherine Booth, "God of Education" bull; W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk bull; Gusta Dawidson-Draenger, Justina's Diary

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PREFACE

xi

THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

3

(38)

THE CODE OF HAMMURABI

7

(8)

The Code of Hammurabi

7

(8)

EGYPTIAN RELIGION

15

(6)

Hymn to the Nile

15

(2)

Hymn to the Sun

17

(4)

ASSYRIAN CONQUEST

21

(6)

Second Inscription of Esarhaddon

21

(6)

THE OLD TESTAMENT

27

(14)

Genesis

27

(5)

Exodus

32

(2)

The Book of Job

34

(7)

GREECE

41

(101)

SOPHOCLES

44

(29)

Antigone

45

(28)

THUCYDIDES

73

(15)

History of the Peloponnesian War

74

(14)

XENOPHON

88

(4)

The Character of Cyrus

88

(4)

THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES

92

(35)

The Apology

93

(27)

Crito

107

(10)

Phaedo

117

(3)

PLATO

120

(7)

The Republic

121

(6)

ARISTOTLE ON GOVERNMENT

127

(11)

Aristotle: The Politics

128

(1)

The State Exists by Nature

128

(2)

Correct and Deviated Constitutions Distinguished

130

(2)

Classification of Correct and Deviated Constitutions

132

(1)

An Economic Classification of Constitutions

132

(1)

The Just Distribution of Political Power

133

(2)

The Merits of the Middle Constitution

135

(3)

ARISTOTLE ON EDUCATION

138

(4)

The Care of Infancy

138

(4)

ROME

142

(58)

POLYBIOS

144

(10)

Histories

145

(9)

PLUTARCH

154

(5)

The Insurrection of the Gladiators

154

(5)

SUETONIUS

159

(14)

The Lives of the Caesars

160

(13)

MARCUS AURELIUS

173

(9)

Meditations

173

(9)

JUVENAL

182

(9)

The Third Satire

183

(8)

THE NEW TESTAMENT

191

(9)

The Gospel According to Matthew

191

(5)

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans

196

(4)

THE MIDDLE AGES

200

(100)

EINHARD

203

(15)

The Life of Charlemagne

204

(14)

LIFE IN COUNTRY AND TOWN

218

(12)

Capitulare de Villis

219

(7)

Charter of the Liberties of Lorris

226

(4)

MAGNA CARTA

230

(7)

Magna Carta

231

(6)

CHURCH AND STATE

237

(8)

The Second Letter of Gregory VII to Hermann, Bishop of Metz, March 15, 1081

238

(4)

The Bull Unam Sanctam of Boniface VIII

242

(3)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

245

(6)

Hildegard to the Prelates at Mainz

246

(3)

Christian, Archbishop of Mainz, to Hildegard

249

(2)

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

251

(11)

Summa Contra Gentiles

252

(7)

Summa Theologica

259

(3)

MEDIEVAL SECULAR POETRY

262

(5)

The Confession of Golias

263

(2)

Let's Away with Study

265

(1)

Gaudeamus Igitur

266

(1)

JEAN, SIRE DE JOINVILLE

267

(10)

Memoirs

268

(9)

USAMAH IBN-MUNQIDH

277

(8)

An Appreciation of the Frankisk Character

277

(8)

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

285

(6)

The Dialogue

286

(5)

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

291

(9)

The Decameron

292

(8)

RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

300

PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA

304

(4)

On the Dignity of Man

305

(3)

LAU RA CERETA

308

(7)

In Defense of Liberal Education for Women

309

(3)

On the Coming of the Turks

312

(3)

ALESSANDRA STROZZI

315

(4)

From Alessandra to her son Lorenzo, February 27, 1453

315

(2)

From Alessandra to her son Filippo, April 20, 1465

317

(1)

From Alessandra to her son Filippo, July 26, 1465

317

(2)

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

319

(8)

Journal and Letter

320

(7)

BENVENUTO CELLINI

327

(17)

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

328

(16)

DESIDERIUS ERASMUS

344

(17)

The Religious Pilgrimage

345

(16)

MARTIN LUTHER

361

(13)

An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate, 1520

362

(12)

JOHN CALVIN

374

(12)

Institutes of the Christian Religion

375

(11)

THE COUNTER-REFORMATION

386

The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent

387

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The editor assigned to a work entering its Ninth Edition takes on a special obligation. Since 1958, John Beatty and Oliver Johnson's Heritage of Western Civilization has proved a valuable tool for countless students and instructors. Our revision of the Eighth Edition was carried out with full knowledge and respect for the fact that we were working on a book that has stood the test of time. Still, no work such as this reaches a Ninth Edition unless its editors are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve on past efforts. In a sense, our challenge was very much like that facing any teacher of Western Civilization. Given limited time, or in our case limited space, what should the instructor include and what must he or the leave out? The latter task was at least as difficult as the former. A strong argument could be made for the retention of every selection in the Eighth Edition. However, our mandate was to broaden the range of topics and authors included in this anthology without increasing its length and, in service of that goal, tough choices had to be made. We hope that the inclusion of authors such as the Muslim warrior and courtier Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, the Italian matriarch Alessandra Strozzi, and the Dominican witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger will provide readers with p richer, more complex picture of Western history. Changes to the Ninth Edition: The most important change to the Ninth Edition of the Heritage of Western Civilization is the inclusion of fourteen new selections, six of which were authored by women. New sources include: Volume I: Esarhaddon, "Second Inscription of Esarhaddon" Xenophon, "The Charactr of Cyrus" Aristotle, "The Care of Infancy" Plutarch, "The Life of Crasus" Hildegard,Letters Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, "An Appreciation of the Frankish Character" Laura Cereta,Letters Alessandra Strozzi,Letters Volume II: Malleus Malificarum Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Women" Henry Mayhew,London Labour and the London Poor Catherine Booth, "God of Education" W.E.B. DuBois,The Souls of Black Folk Gusta Dawidson-Draenger,Justina's Diary In addition, the introductions to every source in both volumes of Heritage have been revised with an eye to providing students with the necessary context to explore the selection in question, while avoiding the imposition of any particular analytical framework on the material. Finally, in an effort to help facilitate students' close reading and critique of the selections, questions for consideration have been added to the introduction to each source and at the end of the general introduction to each major section. John Reisbord Mita Choudhury

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Heritage of Western Civilization, Volume I Ancient Civilizations and the Emergence of the West

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