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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. t used to be the fashion of historians, looking superficially at the facts pre-sented in chronicles and tables of dates, without analyzing and compar-ing vast groups of facts distributed through centuries, or even suspectingthe need for such analysis and comparison, to assign the date 476 A.D. as themoment at which the Roman Empire came to an end. It was in that year thatthe soldier of fortune, Odovakar, commander of the Herulian mercenariesin Italy, sent the handsome boy Romulus, son of Orestes, better known as"little Augustus," from his imperial throne to the splendid villa of Lucullusnear Naples, and gave him a yearly pension of $35,000 [6,000 solidi] to con-sole him for the loss of a world. As 324 years elapsed before another emperorwas crowned at Rome, and as the political headship of Europe after thathappy restoration remained upon the German soil to which the events ofthe eighth century had shifted it, nothing could seem more natural than thehabit which historians once had, of saying that the mighty career of Romehad ended, as it had begun, with a Romulus. Sometimes the date 476 waseven set up as a great landmark dividing modern from ancient history. Forthose, however, who took such a view, it was impossible to see the events ofthe Middle Ages in their true relations to what went before and what cameafter. It was impossible to understand what went on in Italy in the sixthcentury, or to explain the position of that great Roman power which had itscentre on the Bosphorus, which in the code of Justinian left us our grandestmonument of Roman law, and which for a thousand years was the staunchbulwark of Europe against the successive aggressions of Persian, Saracen, andTurk. It was equally impossible to understand the rise of the Papal power, the all-important politics of the great Saxon and Swabian emperors, the rela-tions of mediaeval England to the Continental powers, or the marvellouslyinteresting growth of the modern European system of nationalities. [Side-note: When did the Roman Empire come to an end?]Since the middle of the nineteenth century the study of history has under-gone changes no less sweeping than those which have in the same time af-fected the study of the physical sciences. Vast groups of facts distributedthrough various ages and countries have been subjected to comparison andanalysis, with the result that they have not only thrown fresh light upon oneanother, but have in many cases enabled us to recover historic points of viewthat had long been buried in oblivion. Such an instance was furnished abouttwenty-five years ago by Dr. Bryce's epoch-making work on the Holy Ro-man Empire. Since then historians still recognize the importance of the date476 as that which left the Bishop of Rome the dominant personage in Italy, and marked the shifting of the political centre of gravity from the Palatine tothe Lateran. This was one of those subtle changes which escape notice untilafter some of their effects have attracted attention. The most important ef-fect, in this instance, realized after three centuries, was not the overthrow ofRoman power in the West, but its indefinite extension and expansion. Themen of 476 not only had no idea that they were entering upon a new era, but least of all did they dream that the Roman Empire had come to an end, or was ever likely to. Its cities might be pillaged, its provinces overrun, butthe supreme imperial power itself was something without which the men of This scholar Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. t used to be the fashion of historians, looking superficially at the facts pre-sented in chronicles and tables of dates, without analyzing and compar-ing vast groups of facts distributed through centuries, or even suspectingthe need for such analysis and comparison, to assign the date 476 A.D. as themoment at which the Roman Empire came to an end. It was in that year thatthe soldier of fortune, Odovakar, commander of the Herulian mercenariesin Italy, sent the handsome boy Romulus, son of Orestes, better known as"little Augustus," from his imperial throne to the splendid villa of Lucullusnear Naples, and gave him a yearly pension of $35,000 [6,000 solidi] to con-sole him for the loss of a world. As 324 years elapsed before another emperorwas crowned at Rome, and as the political headship of Europe after thathappy restoration remained upon the German soil to which the events ofthe eighth century had shifted it, nothing could seem more natural than thehabit which historians once had, of saying that the mighty career of Romehad ended, as it had begun, with a Romulus. Sometimes the date 476 waseven set up as a great landmark dividing modern from ancient history. Forthose, however, who took such a view, it was impossible to see the events ofthe Middle Ages in their true relations to what went before and what cameafter. It was impossible to understand what went on in Italy in the sixthcentury, or to explain the position of that great Roman power which had itscentre on the Bosphorus, which in the code of Justinian left us our grandestmonument of Roman law, and which for a thousand years was the staunchbulwark of Europe against the successive aggressions of Persian, Saracen, andTurk. It was equally impossible to understand the rise of the Papal power, the all-important politics of the great Saxon and Swabian emperors, the rela-tions of mediaeval England to the Continental powers, or the marvellouslyinteresting growth of the modern European system of nationalities. [Side-note: When did the Roman Empire come to an end?]Since the middle of the nineteenth century the study of history has under-gone changes no less sweeping than those which have in the same time af-fected the study of the physical sciences. Vast groups of facts distributedthrough various ages and countries have been subjected to comparison andanalysis, with the result that they have not only thrown fresh light upon oneanother, but have in many cases enabled us to recover historic points of viewthat had long been buried in oblivion. Such an instance was furnished abouttwenty-five years ago by Dr. Bryce's epoch-making work on the Holy Ro-man Empire. Since then historians still recognize the importance of the date476 as that which left the Bishop of Rome the dominant personage in Italy, and marked the shifting of the political centre of gravity from the Palatine tothe Lateran. This was one of those subtle changes which escape notice untilafter some of their effects have attracted attention. The most important ef-fect, in this instance, realized after three centuries, was not the overthrow ofRoman power in the West, but its indefinite extension and expansion. Themen of 476 not only had no idea that they were entering upon a new era, but least of all did they dream that the Roman Empire had come to an end, or was ever likely to. Its cities might be pillaged, its provinces overrun, butthe supreme imperial power itself was something without which the men of This scholar Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Beginnings of New England | Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty | John Fiske | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Larina | EAN 9798240836770 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …