Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe
Author : Harald Haarmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110869055
Author : Harald Haarmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110869055
Author : Vere Gordon Childe
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Archaeology
ISBN :
Author : Roscoe Lewis Ashley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781330117255
Excerpt from Early European Civilization: A Textbook for Secondary Schools In the reorganization of history work in the high school we are confronted by many problems. Two of these are especially important: First, what work shall we give in the first year that is devoted to history? Second, on what shall we place the emphasis? Careful investigation shows that a large and constantly increasing number of teachers favor a course in Early European History as more valuable to the average student than a whole year in Ancient History. A still larger number express a preference for more social and economic history than we have had in the past. If we meet these new needs and demands, we must, of necessity, omit many of the subjects formerly given in the first year or two of the history course. We must treat a few selected topics somewhat fully rather than give a brief summary of a large number. Otherwise we shall repeat a mistake which has been made rather frequently in education during recent years, that is, we shall add new material without eliminating the older material that can be spared most easily. The selection of topics as given in this book, together with the method of presentation, represents the results of several years' experimentation by the author and others in the classroom. In covering the broad field designated as Early European History, this book deals primarily with human progress. It devotes especial attention to great movements, to important leaders, to the life of the people and to the civilization of different periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : István György Tóth
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Literacy
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0307755134
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Author : Mia Korpiola
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 3319968637
This book analyses the legal literacy, knowledge and skills of people in premodern and modernizing Europe. It examines how laymen belonging both to the common people and the elite acquired legal knowledge and skills, how they used these in advocacy and legal writing and how legal literacy became an avenue for social mobility. Taking a comparative approach, contributors consider the historical contexts of England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. This book is divided into two main parts. The first part discusses various groups of legal literates (scriveners, court of appeal judges and advocates) and their different paths to legal literacy from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The second part analyses the rise of the ownership and production of legal literature – especially legal books meant for laymen – as means for acquiring a degree of legal literacy from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
Author : Roger Calverley
Publisher : Lotus Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 11,53 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780940985834
Thousands of years before the Aryan invasion of Europe, the people of Old Europe created sacred signs, the Primal Runes, and gave birth to our most ancient ancestral tradition of divination and magic. Based on the phases of the Moon, these archetypal rune-forms each have a sacred sound; they form a complete system of invocation and empowerment.
Author : M.G. Boutet
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1476628696
Our understanding of Celtic astrology is based mainly on the speculations of modern authors--mostly drawn from classical Greek and Roman writings--and suffers from many misconceptions. European astrology uses the Greek model, containing many Babylonian and Egyptian elements. But Celtic astrology (and other Indo-European astrologies) developed earlier, with relationships to Middle Eastern systems, as well as their own independent forms. This well documented study takes a fresh look at the development of Celtic astrology and the Druids' systems of cosmology, astronomy and astrology. The author analyzes commentaries found in manuscript sources from antiquity to the Middle Ages, comparing them with cosmological and astronomical lore found in Celtic cultures. Ancient constellations, calendars, deities and rituals reveal a rich worldview.
Author : Steven L. Danver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1317464001
This work examines the world's indigenous peoples, their cultures, the countries in which they reside, and the issues that impact these groups.
Author : James Bowen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Education
ISBN :