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J B Bury
Most people who live in open societies, especially in the West, take freedom of thought and the right to express that thought for granted. But through most of history, independent…
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"The Idea of Progress" by J. B. Bury is a seminal work that traverses the realms of history, philosophy, and intellectual inquiry. Bury meticulously examines the concept of progress from…
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This is a classic book on the history of freedom of thought, covering ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In addition, this early monograph deals with…
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A history of freedom of thought by Cambridge scholar Bury.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
The Ancient Greek Historians is a collection of lectures delivered at Harvard University on the great historians of ancient Greece. The Macmillan Company's distinguished scholars provide insights into the works…
We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history…
J. B. Bury
The struggle for independence of mind was many centuries in the making and involved repression, bloodshed, and martyrdom as well as breakthrough discoveries and heroic individuals who changed the way…
Wide-ranging, erudite and stimulating, this thought-provoking volume describes the birth and development of one of the most important basic ideas of our civilization: progress, or the concept that humanity is…
This renowned biography of the great Catholic saint, famous for converting Ireland to Christianity, is also a stunningly vivid portrait of life in the British Isles in the fifth century…
In the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. a great change came over the face of Europe; the political order of things was broken up. This movement ushered in the Middle…
Apsimar and his party sailed directly to Constantinople, and anchored at Sycae. For a time Leontius held out, but his enemies succeeded in bribing certain officers who possessed keys of…
This classic history of the Eastern Roman Empire-first published in 1912 and a companion to Bury’s two-volume History of the Later Roman Empire-remains one of the most readable works on…
The Ancient Greek Historians: Harvard Lectures (1909) by J.B. Bury is a comprehensive study of the history of ancient Greece as recorded by its historians. The book is based on…
For the earthly Progress of humanity is the general test to which social aims and theories are submitted as a matter of course.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
Reproduction of the original: The Idea of Progress by J.B. Bury
John Bagnell Bury saw the Byzantine Empire as a continuation of the Roman Empire and he explicitly called Byzantine History, Roman History. In this book Bury deals with one of…
The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History is the first truly authoritative biography of Saint Patrick’s life and a well researched study of the times in which…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…
This book
The Idea of Progress; An Inquiry Into Its Origin And Growth
has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that…
The classic study of how the Roman Empire gradually succumbed to barbarian encroachment.
This third volume in the Cambridge Medieval History series offers a sweeping survey of the political, cultural, and religious developments in Germany and the Western Empire during the Middle Ages…
This 1911 work examines the text (of which Bury provides an edition) of the ‘Kletorologion’ of Philotheos, an otherwise unknown administrative official at the Byzantine court of Leo VI in…
