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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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Western Civilization I to 1500
: Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
Editor in Chief:
Joseph T. Stuart, University of Mary
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1. Archaic and Early Classical Greece
2. Late Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Age
3. Roman Republic
4. Roman Empire
5. Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
6. The Fall of Rome and the European Peoples
7. The Byzantine Empire and the Rise of Islam
8. The Church and the Conversion of the European Peoples
9. Age of Charlemagne
10. Feudal Europe and the “Dark Age”
11. Church Reform in the Eleventh Century and the Medieval Papacy
12. International Relations
13. Medieval Institutions
14. The Waning of the Middle Ages
15. The Renaissance and the Transformation of the Western World
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Bible: Letter of Paul to the Galatians (ca. 48–52)
Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan: Letters on Treatment of the Christians (112)
Letter of the Smyrnaeans on the Martyrdom of Polycarp (156)
The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity (203)
Laws Ending Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire (311 and 313)
Nicene Creed (325)
Julian the Apostate: Letter to Arsacius (ca. 362)
Bishop Ambrose: Reply to Symmachus (384)
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus: Relation 3 (384)
Augustine of Hippo: City of God (413–426)
Bible: Revelation (94)
Bible: Gospel of John (ca. 96)
Bible: Gospel of Matthew (ca. 100 )
Gospel according to Mary Magdalene (ca. 120–180)
Ptolemy: “Letter to Flora” (ca. 150)
Epistle to Diognetus (ca. 200)
The Pilgrimage of Etheria (ca. 380)
Images: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
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Key Terms: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
Key Concepts: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
Key Arguments: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
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The Rise of Christianity
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Jewish Origins of Jesus
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Christianity and Roman Paganism