In lectures delivered at the Sorbonne in 1828, François Guizot traces European civilisation from the fall of Rome to the French Revolution, weighing the parts played by the Church, feudalism, the free towns, monarchy and the Reformation. This edition adds a life of Guizot and his treatise on the death penalty for political offences.
A landmark of nineteenth-century historical thought, still lucid and stimulating today. Download the free EPUB.