Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Brief Edition

by Thomas F.X. Noble, Duane J. Osheim

The Brief Edition of Western Civilization presents a strong chronological and political framework and seamlessly integrates the social and cultural forces that have shaped the western past. Two related themes are pursued throughout: 1) Europe in relation to the rest of the world and non-Western influences, and 2) power in all its senses, public and private; economic, social, cultural, and political; symbolic and real.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, World History

784 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Professor, Department of History, University of Notre Dame.

Medieval, Mediterranean, religious; the city of Rome, the papacy, late antiquity, the Carolingians, the West and Byzantium.

Reviews

[Greg Collver · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much editorializing and too many conjectures rather than just plain factual information. I also found the apologetics for the Catholic church scattered throughout the text annoying.

[Rachel L. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very long but good information.