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"Western Civilization in a Global Context is a source collection that introduces a comparative element to the study of Western civilization, offering students an opportunity to explore non-Western perspectives. An interesting and provocative set of readings are included, from a range of primary sources, including official documents, historical writings, literary sources, letters, speeches, interviews as well as visual sources. These different sources are carefully selected with a view to generating class discussion and to provide students with a sense of the different approaches historians might take to understanding the past. Volume II, the Modern Age, covers the modern period, from the Enlightenment to the 21st century, including sources that help gain insight into the political, social, religious, cultural and intellectual history of this period. Topics covered include: - The American and French Revolutions - The Age of Nationalism - The New Imperialism - Two World Wars and the Interwar Crisis - The Cold War - Decolonization. Western Civilization in a Global Context is the ideal companion for students who want to explore the contribution of non-Western cultures, and gain a more thorough understand the complex history of the world as a result. "

"This book takes as its subject the many hundreds of parish churches built in England in the middle ages by the gentry, the knights and esquires, the lords of country manors. It uses lordly engagement with the parish church as a way of opening up questions about gentry, piety, and sociability, focusing on the gentry as founders and builders of churches, worshippers in them, holders of church advowsons, and patrons and sponsors of parochial communities. It also looks at how the gentrys interest in the parish church sat alongside their patronage of the monks and friars, and their use of private chapels in their manor houses. The book successfully weaves together themes in social, religious, and architectural history, examining in all its variety a subject that has hitherto been considered only in journal articles. Written in an accessible style, the book makes a significant contribution not only to the history of the English gentry but also to the history of the rural parish church, an institution now in the forefront of medieval historical studies."