Description
In 1872, Jacob Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays ancient Greek culture as an aristocratic world based on a ruthless competition for honor, a competition that led, in turn, to a tyranous state with minimal personal freedoms. Burckhardt’s landmark project, the culmination of thirty years of scholarlship by leading Oxford historian, Oswyn Murray, offers a rich cultural history of a fascinating society.
ISBN: 9780312244477
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Pub Date: 10/1999
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.38w x 1.13d
