University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, ...

DIVThe University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization (nine volumes) makes available to students and teachers a unique selection of primary documents, many in new translations. These readings, prepared for the highly praised Western civilization sequence at the University of Chicago, were chosen by an outstanding group of scholars whose experience teaching that course spans almost four decades. Each volume includes rarely anthologized selections as well as standard, more familiar texts; a bibliography of recommended parallel readings; and introductions providing background for the selections. Beginning with Periclean Athens and concluding with twentieth-century Europe, these source materials enable teachers and students to explore a variety of critical approaches to important events and themes in Western history.BRBRIndividual volumes provide essential background reading for courses covering specific eras and periods. The complete nine-volume series is ideal for general courses in history and Western civilization sequences.BR/DIVDIVbSeries Editor ForewordBRGeneral Introduction and Select Bibliography/bBRBRbThe Call to Conversion in a Hostile Environment/bBR1. Justin Martyr,iFirst Apology/iBR2. Tatian,iAddress to the Greeks/iBR3.iLetter to Diognetus/iBRBRbBRFrom Persecuted to Persecutor/bBR4.The Martyrdom of Saint PerpetuaBR5. Eusebius of Caesarea,iThe Ecclesiastical History/iBR6 Athanasius,iHistory of the Arians/iBR7. Sozomen,iEcclesiastical History/iBR8.iCodex Theodosianus,/i16.1.1BR9. Augustine,iLetter 185: On the Correction of the Donatists/iBRBRbBRRelations between Church Government and Imperial Administration/bBR10. Eusebius of Caesarea,iLife of Constantine the Great/iBR11. AmbroseiLetter 51: To Theodosius/iBR12.iCodex Theodosianus,/i16.2.41BR13. Jerome,iLetter 1: To Innocent/iBR14. Augustine,iThe City of God/iBR15. Pope Gelasi