Wie die Iren die Zivilisation retteten
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- 9 Lesestunden
Die Scharniere der Geschichte Reihe
Diese Serie befasst sich mit entscheidenden Momenten der Menschheitsgeschichte, die über eine einfache Chronik von Katastrophen und Konflikten hinausgehen. Sie deckt Erzählungen unerwarteter Freundlichkeit, Opferbereitschaft und Mitgefühl auf, die den Lauf der Zivilisation geprägt haben. Jede Folge bietet einen tiefen Einblick in einzigartige Ereignisse, bei denen die Menschlichkeit selbst in den dunkelsten Zeiten durchschien. Es ist eine Feier unwahrscheinlicher Taten des Guten, die zeigen, dass Hoffnung selbst unter den widrigsten Umständen fortbesteht.
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills
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From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet. How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses in his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus. Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were struggling to maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their subjects. Here is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled—in the face of the greatest defeat: Jesus' crucifixion as a common criminal. Daring, provocative, and stunningly original, Cahill's interpretation will both delight and surprise.
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Sailing the wine-dark sea : why the Greeks matter
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In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore "the hinges of history," Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader, demystified experience, and opened the way for civil discussion and experimentation—yet they kept slaves. The glorious verses of the Iliad recount a conflict in which rage and outrage spur men to action and suggest that their "bellicose society of gleaming metals and rattling weapons" is not so very distant from more recent campaigns of "shock and awe." And, centuries before Zorba, Greece was a land where music, dance, and freely flowing wine were essential to the high life. Granting equal time to the sacred and the profane, Cahill rivets our attention to the legacies of an ancient and enduring worldview.
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages
- 368 Seiten
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A new volume in the author's acclaimed Hinges of History series examines the rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science following the Dark Ages, vividly capturing the spirit of experimentation, pageantry, and pursuit of knowledge that transformed medieval Europe and set the stage for the modern world. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
