The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 - (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)

It was executed by the Royal Binder, Clovis Eve, for Marie de' Mdicis, Queen Consort of Henry IV of France. She was a great lover of fine arts, and especially of rich bindings. The one here shown was her special pride. It shows her armsthe arms of France and Tuscanysurrounded with the cordelire, the sign of her widowhood, accompanied by the monogram M.M. (Marie Mdicis). She was exiled by Cardinal Richelieu in 1631. Earth's upward struggle has been baffled by so many stumbles that critics have not been lacking to suggest that we do not advance at all, but only swing in circles, like a squirrel in its cage. Certain it is that each ancient civilization seemed to bear in itself the seeds of its own destruction. Yet it may be held with equal truth that each new power, rising above the ruins of the last, held something nobler, was borne upward by some truth its rival could not reach. At no period is this more evident than in the five centuries immediately preceding the Christian era. Persia, Greece, Carthage, Rome, each in turn was with some justice proclaimed lord of the world; each in turn felt the impulse of her glory and advanced rapidly in culture and knowledge of the arts; and each in turn succumbed to the temptations that beset unlimited success. They degenerated not only in physical strength, but in moral honesty. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 10114
Author: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Release Date: Nov 1, 2003
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 , Rudd, John, LL. D