West, The: A Narrative History, Volume 1: To 1600, 2/E
ISBN-10: 0136058205
ISBN-13: 9780136058205
Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 464 pp
Published: 07/09/2008
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The West: a Narrative History is a unique text in its field, as it was conceived and developed as a brief introduction to the history of the West. It is not a reduced version of a larger study, but a fully realized project in its own right. It defines the West in its broadest terms, encompassing all of the varied cultures that trace at least some of their ancestry to the ancient Mediterranean world. In addition, it consistently reminds its readers of the links between the people who have come to define the West and those in other regions of the world.
Features
To encourage students to relate the experiences of long-vanished peoples to their own lives, each chapter of The West: A Narrative History begins by posing a key question - a question of broad scope or general significance that is raised by something within the period of each chapter. The subsequent content is not an essay answering the key question, nor does it propose a definitive answer to the larger issue it asks students to ponder. Rather, it provides a springboard for a wide variety of classroom discussions that have no simple answers. Thus, the debates and issues raised by these key questions help students discover that our past is more intriguing (and knowledge of its history more useful) then they may have realized.
Feature Highlights:
New To This Edition
Changes to the Second Edition
In response to the edifying comments and helpful suggestions from reviewers across the country, we have improved the book’s organization and narrative flow and updated or enhanced the coverage of several important topics. We have also changed the book’s subtitle to A Narrative History because it more accurately reflects the basic goal we set out to achieve when we embarked on this project—to provide students with a clear, concise, and provocative examination of civilization in the West.
Introduction
* Completely revised, the Introduction now examines the "the West" in light of globalization. It now offers expanded discussion of the concept of “civilization.”
Chapter One
* A new Key Question focuses attention on relations between
environment and culture
* expanded discussion on the origins of agriculture and the rise of
civilization on the Eurasian continents
Chapter Two
* New Key Question on the dynamics of civilization -- unity versus conflict
* expanded discussion of the Bible and history
* increased coverage of the roles of women
Chapter Three
* increased coverage of Minoan civilization
* discussion of the values of classical civilization has been significantly revised
* expanded description of Athens
Chapter Four
* coverage of military history clarified
* improved analysis of the positive and negative aspects of Hellenic
civilization
* more emphasis on Greece's ties with the Middle East; new map on the Athenian Empire and the Peloponessian League
Chapter Five
* new Key Question explores developments that undermine popular governments
* increased coverage of the consequences of the Peloponnesian War
* expanded treatment of Alexander and the Hellenistic era
Chapter Six
* new discussion of Augustus's strategy for ruling Rome
* treatment of Marcus Aurelius expanded
* discussion of the political influence of the Roman military expanded
Chapter Seven
* New Key Question examines the limits of religious freedom
* expanded discussion of the status of women
* coverage of Byzantium and Islam increased
Chapter Eight
* New Key Question focuses on the transmission of classical
culture to medieval Europe
* increased coverage of the Benedictines
* expanded discussion ofthe manorial economy and agricultural innovations; new map on invasions of the ninth century
Chapter Nine
* Updated discussion of the concept of feudalism; new maps on the medieval Muslim world and England the Viking migrations
Chapter Ten
* new Key Question examines the ability of societies to confront change
* increased coverage of religious heresies
* discussion of the artistic movements of the High Middle Ages increased; new map on the Mongol campaigns of the 13th century
Chapter Eleven
* expanded discussion of medieval philosophers
* improved of military developments
* more material on the Avignonese papacy and the resolution of the Great Schism
Chapter Twelve
* increased coverage of the motives behind European exploration
* enhanced discussion of the impact of European colonization
* updated analysis of the Ottoman Empire, including a new mpa of the Ottoman Empire; new map of Renaissance Italy
Chapter Thirteen
* New Key Question explores the rationales for war
* expanded section on the Reformation
* increased coverage of the English Civil War
In addition, this Second Edition of The West has been enriched with 110 new illustrations, a substantially revised and expanded Suggested Readings, and a crisp and elegant full-color design.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: DEPARTURE PREHISTORY TO 1000 BCE
Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
Larger Issue: How do environments shape human communities and human communities alter environments?
The Evolution of the Prehistoric Cultures
The Archaic States
The Origin of Civilization in Mesopotamia: Sumer
The Rise of Civilization in Egypt
Chapter 2: The Rise of Empires and the Beginning of the Iron Age
Larger Issue: Does civilization promote or intensify divisions among peoples?
The Transition States
Imperial Egypt: The New Kingdom
The Indo-Europeans and the Clash of Empires
The Bible and History
PART TWO: THE CLASSICAL ERA 2000 BCE to 30 CE
Chapter 3: Aegean Civilizations
Larger Issue: When does civilization in the West become “Western” civilization?
Minoan Mentors
The Mycenaeans, Greece’s First Civilization
The Aegean Dark Age
The Hellenic Era
The Rise of the Mainland Powers
The Persian Wars: Crucible of a Civilization
Chapter 4: The Hellenic Era
Larger Issue: What did the Greeks contribute to the development of modern civilization?
Persian Wars as Catalyst
The Peloponnesian War
Intellectual and Artistic Life in the Polis
Chapter 5: The Hellenistic Era and the Rise of Rome
Larger Issue: What circumstances are likely to undermine governments by the people?
The Hellenistic Era
The Origin of Rome
The Roman Republic
Rome’s Civil War
Chapter 6: Rome’s Empire and the Unification of the Western World
Larger Issue: Do people prefer order to liberty?
The Augustan Era
Order and Continuity: The Dynastic Option
Order and Continuity: The Elective Option
Life in an Imperial Environment
The Decline of Rome
PART THREE: THE DIVISION OF THE WEST 300 TO 1300
Chapter 7: The West’s Medieval Civilizations
Larger Issue: Should freedom of religion be limited?
The Christian Element
The German Element
The Byzantine Empire of Constantinople
Islam
Chapter 8: The Emergence of Europe
Larger Issue: How did Europe build on its legacies from the ancient world?
The Merovingian Kingdom: Europe’s Nucleus
The Franks’ Neighbors
The Carolingian Era
Retrenchment and Reorganization
The Culture of Europe’s Dark Age
Chapter 9: Europe Turns Outward
Larger Issue: Was conflict among the medieval civilizations inevitable?
Islam’s Crest and Byzantium’s Resurgence
The Reorganization of Feudal Europe
The Eleventh-Century Turning Point
Chapter 10: Europe’s High Middle Ages
Larger Issue: Why are some societies more open to change than others?
The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
Universities and Scholasticism
Religious Revival and Diversity of Opinion
The Artistic Vision of the High Middle Ages
Government in the High Middle Ages
PART FOUR: CHALLENGES, CONFLICTS, AND DEPARTURES 1300 to 1700
Chapter 11: Challenges to the Medieval Order
Larger Issue: What did the crises of the late medieval era reveal about the strengths and weaknesses of Europe’s civilization?
Challenges from Nature
Turmoil in the Middle East
Spiritual Crises
Political Responses: The Burdens of War
Chapter 12: Renaissance and Exploration
Larger Issue: How should a society use its history?
The Context for the Renaissance
The Culture of the Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance
The Middle East: The Ottoman Empire
Europe and Atlantic Exploration
Chapter 13: Reformation, Religious Wars, and National Conflicts
Larger Issue: How do civilized societies justify war?
The Lutheran Reformation
The Swiss Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
The Habsburg-Valois Wars
England’s Ambivalent Reformation
Convergence of Foreign and Domestic Politics: England, Spain, and France
The Final Religious Upheaval
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Conceived and developed to be brief, The West: A Narrative History poses in each of its chapters a “key question” that provides a springboard for wide-ranging class discussions of questions that have no simple answers. By debating these issues, students discover that the past is more intriguing (and knowledge of its history more useful) than they may have previously realized.
Praise for The West: A Narrative History, Second Edition:
“This beautifully written text is simply the best on the market--concise, direct explanations of religious concepts, compelling questions for further investigation, and much food for thought, for both teachers and students.”
--Jonathan S. Perry, University of South Florida
“While there are numerous Western Civ textbooks on the market, Frankforter and Spellman’s The West is a superior volume. The book is not only a model of conciseness and accessibility, but the authors' deft judgment on key issues and historical controversies is particularly admirable.”
--John M. Cox, Florida Gulf Coast University
“The writing is the best I have seen in a textbook. One of the goals in my courses is to teach students how to write effectively, concisely, and forcefully. The authors’ writing style is simple, to the point, and utterly engaging. It is the way I want my students to write.” --Larissa J. Taylor, Colby College
The West: A Narrative History is one the newest and best Western Civilization textbooks on the market. It is extremely well written, and is brief enough to allow instructors to assign additional secondary or primary readings. It should become the predominant textbook in the field.
- J. Kyle Irvin, Jefferson State Community College
Author Bios
A. Daniel Frankforter is Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught for nearly four decades. His undergraduate work was in the history of ideas and philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Drew University, did graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Göttingen and completed master’s and doctoral degrees in medieval history and religious studies at Penn State. His research has focused on the medieval English Church and on the evolving role of European women throughout the medieval period. Articles on these topics have appeared in such journals as Manuscripta, Church History, The British Studies Monitor, The Catholic Historical Review, The American Benedictine Review, The International Journal of Women’s Studies, and The Journal of Women’s History. His books include: A History of the Christian Movement: An Essay on the Development of Christian Institutions, Civilization and Survival, The Shakespeare Name Dictionary (with J. Madison Davis), The Medieval Millennium: An Introduction, The Western Heritage, Brief Edition (with Donald Kagan, Stephen Ozment, and Frank Turner), The Heritage of World Civilizations, brief third edition (with Albert Craig, William Graham, Donald Kagan, Stephen Ozment, and Frank Turner), an edition and translation of Poullain de la Barre’s De L’Égalité des deux Sexes, and Stones for Bread: A Critique of Contemporary Worship. Over the course of his career he has developed 15 courses dealing with aspects of the ancient and medieval periods of Western civilization, Judeo-Christian studies, and gender issues. His work in the classroom has been acknowledged by the Penn State Behrend Excellence in Teaching Award and the prestigious Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching Performance.
William M. Spellman is the Dean of Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. He is a graduate of Suffolk University, Boston, and holds the Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of John Locke and the Problem of Depravity (Oxford, 1988); The Latitudinarians and the Church of England, 1660-1700 (Georgia, 1993); John Locke (Macmillan, 1995); European Political Thought, 1600-1700 (Macmillan, 1997); Monarchies, 1000-2000 (Reaktion Press, 2000); Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World (Greenwood Press, 2000) co-authored with Carole Levin, et. al.; The Global Community: Migration and the Making of the Modern World, 1500-2000 (Sutton, 2002); A Concise History of the World Since 1945 (Palgrave, 2006); and Migration and the Nation State (Reaktion Press, forthcoming).
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