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This primary source collection provides a diverse selection of sources to accompany each chapter of A History of Western Society, Tenth Edition. Each chapter contains at least five sources that present history from the viewpoints of well-known and ordinary individuals alike. Now with 19 visual sources and 30% more documents, this edition offers great breadth and depth in its sources. To foster lively comparative debates, a new “Viewpoints” feature in each chapter highlights two or three documents that address the same topic from different perspectives.

preface, v

1. Origins ca. 400,000–1100 B.C.E., 1

1-1 A Mesopotamian Creation Myth, ca. 2000–1000 B.C.E., 1

1-2 The Epic of Gilgamesh, ca. 2750 B.C.E., 3

1-3 The Code of Hammurabi, ca. 1780 B.C.E., 9

1-4 The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Declaration of Innocence, ca. 2100–1800 B.C.E., 12

VIEWPOINTS: Kings and Gods, 15

1-5 Akhenaten, The Hymn to Aton, ca. 1350 B.C.E., 15

1-6 Sacred Kingship: Set, Rameses II, and Horus, ca. 1244 B.C.E., 17

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 18

2. Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East ca. 1100–513 B.C.E., 19

2-1 Book of Genesis: The Hebrews Explain Creation, ca. 950–450 B.C.E., 19

2-2 Exodus and Deuteronomy: The Hebrew Law and Covenant, ca. 950–450 B.C.E., 22

2-3 Book of 2 Kings: Jerusalem Saved, 701 B.C.E., 26

VIEWPOINTS: The Legacy of Cyrus, 28

2-4 Cyrus of Persia, Ruling an Empire, ca. 550 B.C.E., 28

2-5 Book of Isaiah: Blessings for Cyrus, ca. 550 B.C.E., 30

2-6 Zoroaster, Gatha 30: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds, ca. 600 B.C.E., 32

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 34

3. The Development of Classical Greece ca. 2000–338 B.C.E., 35

3-1 Homer, The Odyssey: Odysseus and the Sirens, ca. 800 B.C.E., 36

3-2 Hesiod, Works and Days, ca. 800 B.C.E., 40

3-3 Archilochus of Paros, Sappho of Lesbos, Anacreon of Teos, Lyric Poems, ca. 700–450 B.C.E., 42

VIEWPOINTS: Political Philosophy, 44

3-4 Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles’ Funeral Oration, ca. 400 B.C.E., 44

3-5 Plato, The Republic: The Allegory of the Cave, ca. 360 B.C.E., 47

3-6 Aristotle, Politics: Democracy, ca. 340 B.C.E., 52

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 55

4. The Hellenistic World 336–30 B.C.E., 56

4-1 On the Burial of Alexander and Hephaestion: Ephippus of Olynthus Remembers Alexander the Great, ca. 323 B.C.E., 57

4-2 Religious and Political Mixing: The Ptolemies of Egypt, ca. 270–246 B.C.E., 59

VIEWPOINTS: Living the Good Life, 60

4-3 Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic, ca. 300–200 B.C.E., 60

4-4 Epicurus, The Principal Doctrines of Epicureanism, ca. 306 B.C.E., 62

4-5 Epictetus, Encheiridion, or The Manual, ca. 100 c.e., 64

4-6 The Maccabee Revolt, ca. 175 B.C.E., 67

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 71

5. The Rise of Rome ca. 750–31 B.C.E., 72

5-1 Livy, The Rape of Lucretia, ca. 27–25 B.C.E., 72

5-2 A Roman Wedding, ca. 160 c.e., 76

5-3 Manumissions of Hellenistic Slaves: The Process of Freedom, ca. 167–101 B.C.E., 78

5-4 Seneca, The Sounds of a Roman Bath, ca. 50 c.e., 79

VIEWPOINTS: Political Unrest in Rome, 81

5-5 Appian of Alexandria, The Civil Wars, ca. 100 c.e., 81

5-6 Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, a Man of Unlimited Ambition, ca. 44 B.C.E., 85

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 88

6. The Pax Romana 31 B.C.E.–284 c.e., 90

VIEWPOINTS: Romans and Others, 90

6-1 Juvenal, The Third Satire: What Is There to Do in Rome? ca. 100 c.e., 90

6-2 Tacitus, Germania: Rome Encounters the Noble Savages, ca. 100 c.e., 92

6-3 Apuleius, The Golden Ass: The Veneration of Isis, ca. 170 c.e., 96

6-4 The Gospel According to Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount, 28 c.e., 99

6-5 The Alexamenos Graffito, ca. 100 c.e., 102

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 103

7. Late Antiquity 250–600, 104

7-1 Saint Ambrose of Milan, Emperor Theodosius Brought to Heel, 390, 104

7-2 Saint Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict, 529, 106

7-3 Saint Augustine, City of God: The Two Cities, 413–426, 108

7-4 Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, 594, 110

VIEWPOINTS: The Character of an Emperor, 113

7-5 Justinian, The Institutes of Justinian, 529–533, 113

7-6 Procopius, The Secret History: Justice for Sale, ca. 550, 115

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 118

8. Europe in the Early Middle Ages 600–1000, 119

8-1 Ibn Abd-el-Hakem, The Conquest of Spain, ca. 870, 120

8-2 Willibald, Saint Boniface Destroys the Oak of Thor, ca. 750, 122

VIEWPOINTS: Religion and Empire, 123

8-3 Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, ca. 835, 123

8-4 A Russian Chronicle of Religious Competition in Kievan Rus, ca. 1100, 127

8-5 The Song of Roland, ca. 1100–1300, 130

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 136

9. State and Church in the High Middle Ages 1000–1300, 137

VIEWPOINTS: Imperial Representations, 138

9-1 Otto III of the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 1000, 138

9-2 Otto IV and Innocent III, ca. 1209, 139

9-3 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book, 1086, 141

9-4 King John of England, From Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties, 1215, 144

9-5 Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV, Mutual Recriminations: The Investiture Controversy Begins, 1076, 146

9-6 Robert the Monk of Rheims, Urban II at the Council of Clermont: A Call for Crusade, ca. 1120, 150

9-7 Anna Comnena, The Alexiad: The Heresy of the Bogomils, ca. 1148, 153

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 156

10. The Life of the People in the High Middle Ages 1000–1300, 157

10-1 Manorial Records of Bernehorne, 1307, 157

10-2 On Laborers: A Dialogue Between Teacher and Student, ca. 1000, 160

VIEWPOINTS: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Contact, 162

10-3 Fulcher of Chartres, Christians Far from Home, ca. 1100, 162

10-4 Usamah ibn Munqidh, Observations on the Franks, ca. 1175, 164

10-5 Benjamin of Tudela, A Jewish Travel Journal, ca. 1173, 166

10-6 Duke William of Aquitaine, On the Foundation of Cluny, 909, 168

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 171

11. The Creativity and Challenges of Medieval Cities 1100–1300, 172

VIEWPOINTS: Living and Working in a Medieval City, 173

11-1 The Charter of the Laon Commune, 1328, 173

11-2 The Ordinances of London’s Leatherworkers, 1346, 174

11-3 The Commune of Florence, A Sumptuary Law: Restrictions on Dress, 1373, 177

11-4 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica: Proof of the Existence of God, 1268, 178

11-5 Marie de France, The Nightingale, ca. 1200, 184

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 186

12. The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages 1300–1450, 187

12-1 Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron: The Plague Hits Florence, ca. 1350, 187

12-2 The Anonimalle Chronicle: The English Peasants’ Revolt, 1381, 190

12-3 Petrarca-Meister, The Social Order, ca. 1515, 193

12-4 Jean Froissart, The Sack of Limoges: On Warfare Without Chivalry, ca. 1400, 195

VIEWPOINTS: Women and Power, 197

12-5 Catherine of Siena, Letter to Gregory XI, 1372, 197

12-6 Joan of Arc, Letter to the English, 1431, 198

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 200

13. European Society in the Age of the Renaissance 1350–1550, 201

13-1 Petrarch, Letter to Livy, ca. 1350, 202

VIEWPOINTS: The Renaissance State, 203

13-2 Leonardo Bruni, Panegyric to Florence, ca. 1403, 203

13-3 Niccoló Machiavelli, The Prince: Power Politics During the Italian Renaissance, 1513, 206

13-4 Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier: The Ideal Courtier, 1528, 209

13-5 Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies: Against Those Men Who Claim It Is Not Good for Women to Be Educated, 1404, 211

13-6 Account of an Italian Jew Expelled from Spain, 1492, 213

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 216

14. Reformations and Religious Wars 1500–1600, 217

14-1 Martin Luther, Ninety-five Theses on the Power of Indulgences, 1517, 217

14-2 Hans Holbein the Younger, Luther as the German Hercules, ca. 1519, 222

VIEWPOINTS: Women and Marriage, 224

14-3 Katharina Schütz Zell, Apologia for Master Matthew Zell: Clerical Marriage, 1524, 224

14-4 Jeanne de Jussie, The Short Chronicle: Defending the Convent, ca. 1530, 226

14-5 Nicholas de la Fontaine, The Trial of Michael Servetus in Calvin’s Geneva, 1553, 228

14-6 Ignatius of Loyola, Rules for Right Thinking, 1548, 230

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 232

15. European Exploration and Conquest 1450–1650, 233

15-1 Ducas, Historia Turcobyzantia: The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, ca. 1465, 233

15-2 Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs, 1521, 235

VIEWPOINTS: The Slave Trade in Africa, 237

15-3 Alvise da Ca’ da Mosto, Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It: Fifteenth-Century Slave Trade in West Africa, 1455–1456, 237

15-4 King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso of Congo, Letters on the Slave Trade, 1526, 239

15-5 Saint Francis Xavier, Missionaries in Japan, 1552, 241

15-6 Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals, 1580, 243

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 248

16. Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe ca. 1589–1725, 249

16-1 Henry IV, Edict of Nantes: Limited Toleration for the Huguenots, 1598, 250

16-2 Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture, 1679, 253

16-3 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Memoir on Finances, 1670, 257

16-4 Peter the Great, Edicts and Decrees: Imposing Western Styles on the Russians, 1699–1723, 259

VIEWPOINTS: The Commonwealth and the State of Nature, 264

16-5 Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651, 264

16-6 John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government: Vindication for the Glorious Revolution, 1690, 268

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 271

17. Toward a New Worldview 1540–1789, 273

17-1 Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, 1542, 273

17-2 Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science, 1620, 278

VIEWPOINTS: Monarchical Power and Responsibility, 280

17-3 Frederick the Great, Essay on the Forms of Government, ca. 1740, 280

17-4 Baron de Montesquieu, From The Spirit of Laws: On the Separation of Governmental Powers, 1748, 282

17-5 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will, 1762, 284

17-6 Marquis de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind, 1793–1794, 287

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, 294

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