The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, Band 1D. Appleton, 1850 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absolute power affairs ancient appears attempt authority barbarian barbarism became bishops burgesses called cause character Charlemagne Charles Charles VII Christian Church ciety clergy common condition council Council of Constance course crusades desire ecclesiastical elements emperors endeavored England established European civilization exercised existence fact feudal system fiefs fifteenth century force France free cities French Gaul Germany human mind ideas importance independence individual influence institutions intellectual Italy justice king king of Jerusalem kingdom legitimate sovereignty liberty Louis XIV magistrates manners means ment modern Europe monarchy moral municipal nations nature never nobles opinions party period political Pope possession prevailed principle progress proprietors reform regard reign relations religion religious respect result revolution Roman empire Rome situation sixteenth society sovereigns Spain spirit States-general struggle superior temporal theocracy things tion towns truth twelfth century unity various Visigoths William of Tyre
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 33 - Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis, E terra magnum alterius spectare laborem ; Non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, Sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.
Seite 25 - Two elements, then, seem to be comprised in the great fact which we call civilization ; — two circumstances are necessary to its existence — it lives upon two conditions — it reveals itself by two symptoms : the progress of society, the progress of individuals ; the melioration of the social system, and the expansion of the mind and faculties of man. Wherever the exterior condition of man becomes enlarged, quickened, and improved ; wherever the intellectual nature of man distinguishes itself...
Seite 295 - XIV. were rational ; his enterprises have not that unreasonable, capricious character, till then so general ; dieir policy was able, if not always just and prudent. If I pass from the wars of Louis XIV. to his relations with foreign states, to his diplomacy properly so called, I find an analogous result. I have already spoken of the origin of diplomacy at the end of the fifteenth century. I have endeavored to show how the mutual relations of governments and states, previously accidental, rare, and...
Seite 249 - Let me be permitted to say in passing, that I shall use this word reformation as a simple ordinary term, synonymous with religious revolution, and without attaching it to any opinion. You must, I am sure, foresee at once, how difficult it is to discover the real character of this great crisis, and to explain in a general manner what has been its nature and its effects. The period of our inquiry must extend from the beginning of the sixteenth to the middle of the seventeenth century; for this period...
Seite 18 - Civilization, therefore, in its most general idea, is an improved condition of man resulting from the establishment of social order in place of the individual independence and lawlessness of the savage or barbarous life.
Seite 228 - European society into one social body, must have been much less active and effective in Germany than in any other nation. I have now run over all the great attempts at political organization which were made in Europe, down to the end of the fourteenth or beginning of the fifteenth century.
Seite 30 - Human societies are born, live, and die, upon the earth ; there they accomplish their destinies. But they contain not the whole man. After his engagement to society there still remains in him the more noble part of his nature ; those high faculties by which he elevates himself to God, to a future life, and to the unknown blessings of an invisible world.
Seite 33 - We have an extreme susceptibility of mind, an inordinate craving, an ambition in our thoughts, in our desires, and in the movements of our imagination ; yet when we come to practical life — when trouble, when sacrifices, when efforts are required for the attainment of our object, we sink into lassitude and inactivity.
Seite 58 - We have found at this epoch three societies all different : first municipal society, the last remains of the Roman empire ; secondly, Christian society ; and lastly, barbarian society. We find these societies very differently organized ; founded upon principles totally opposite ; inspiring men with sentiments altogether different. We find the love of the most absolute independence by the side of the most devoted submission ; military patronage by the side of ecclesiastical domination-; spiritual...
Seite 48 - At the end of the fourth century, and the beginning of the fifth, Christianity was no longer a simple belief, it was an institution — it had formed itself into a corporate body.