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1、THESTORYOFCIVILIZATION(tm)Ver.4.84:TheAgeofFaithDurant,Will---------------------------------------------------------THESTORYOFCIVILIZATIONVOLUMEFOURTHEAGEOFFAITH1950AHistoryofMedievalCivilization-Christian,Islamic,andJudaic-fromConstantinetoDante:A.D.325-1300byW
2、illDurantCopyright(C)1950byWillDurantCopyrightrenewed(C)1978ExclusiveelectronicrightsgrantedtoWorldLibrary,Inc.byTheEthelB.DurantTrust,WilliamJamesDurantEaston,andMonicaArielMihell.ElectronicallyEnhancedText(c)Copyright1994WorldLibrary,Inc.DEDICATION-TOETHEL,GOR
3、DON,ANDJIMTotheReader-THISbookaimstogiveasfullandfairanaccountofmedievalcivilizationfromA.D.325to1300,asspaceandprejudicewillpermit.Itsmethodisintegralhistory-thepresentationofallphasesofacultureoranageinonetotalpictureandnarrative.Theobligationtocovertheeconomi
4、c,political,legal,military,moral,social,religious,educational,scientific,medical,philosophic,literary,andartisticaspectsoffourdistinctcivilizations-Byzantine,Islamic,Judaic,andWestEuropean-hasmadeunificationandbrevitydifficult.Themeetingandconflictofthefourcultu
5、resintheCrusadesprovidesameasureofunity;andthetiredreader,appalledbythelengthofthebook,mayfindsomeconsolationinlearningthattheoriginalmanuscriptwashalfagainlongerthanthepresenttext.*04000Nothinghasbeenretainedexceptwhatseemednecessarytotheproperunderstandingofth
6、eperiod,ortothelifeandcolorofthetale.Neverthelesscertainreconditepassages,indicatedbyreducedtype,maybeomittedbythegeneralreaderwithoutmortalinjury.ThesetwovolumesconstitutePartIVofahistoryofcivilization.PartI,OurOrientalHeritage*04001(1935),reviewedthehistoryofE
7、gyptandtheNearEasttotheirconquestbyAlexanderabout330B.C.,andofIndia,China,andJapantothepresentcentury.PartII,TheLifeofGreece(1939),recordedthecareerandcultureofHellasandtheNearEasttotheRomanConquestofGreecein146B.C.PartIII,CaesarandChrist(1944),surveyedthehistor
8、yofRomeandChristianityfromtheirbeginnings,andoftheNearEastfrom146B.C.,totheCouncilofNicaeainA.D.325.Thisbookcontinuesthestudyofthewhiteman'slifetothedeathofDantein132
