THE period of the history of the papacy, co-extensive with the duration of the Carolingian Empire (795-891), opens under very different external conditions to those which its preceding period (590-795) commenced. During the latter epoch the popes were the nominal subjects at least of the emperors at Constantinople, whose representatives were installed in the crumbling palace on the Palatine. Their election had to be confirmed by them, and their lives and liberties were dependent on their w...

The Lives of the Popes Vol. I: The Popes Under the Lombard Rule covers the period from Pope Gregory I to Pope Leo III.

Lecture on Education: The Principles of Universal Public Education, Expressed by its Historic Founder by Horace Mann is a stirring testament to the ideals and convictions of the man often called the father of the American public school system. In this impassioned address, Mann lays out the philosophical and moral foundations of a truly democratic education — one designed not merely to instruct, but to elevate, unify, and ennoble the human spirit.D...

Manns Lives of the Popes is an incredibly expansive chronological history of each of the popes of the Middle Ages. The Lives of the Popes Vol. I: The Popes Under the Lombard Rule is a chronology of the popes from St. Gregory I in 590 until Leo III in 795 A.D.A table of contents is included for easier navigation through the over 430 pages.

Manns Lives of the Popes is an incredibly expansive chronological history of each of the popes of the Middle Ages. The Lives of the Popes Vols. II-III: The Popes during the Carolingian Empire is a chronology of the popes from Leo III in 795 to Stephen VI in 891 A.D. A table of contents is included for easier navigation through the over 330 pages.

Manns Lives of the Popes is an incredibly expansive chronological history of each of the popes of the Middle Ages. The Lives of the Popes Vols. IV-V: The Popes in the Days of Feudal Anarchy is a chronology of the popes from Formosus in 891 to Damasus II 1048 A.D. A table of contents is included for easier navigation.

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice, and interests. In this anthology, Ronald J. Terchek and Thomas C. Conte have brilliantly assembled the works of classical, modern, and contemporary commentators to illustrate the deep and diverse ...

Manns Lives of the Popes is an incredibly expansive chronological history of each of the popes of the Middle Ages. The Lives of the Popes Vols. VI-VIII: The Popes of the Gregorian Renaissance is a chronology of the popes from Leo IX in 1049 to Honorius II in 1130 A.D.A table of contents is included for easier navigation through the over 450 pages.

WINNER OF THE SUSAN COLVER ROSENBERGER AWARDA foundational work of educational history, Horace Mann Bond’s study reveals how race, labor, and power shaped Black schooling in Alabama—and why those lessons still matter today.Originally published in 1939, Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and Steel by Horace Mann Bond is a pioneering work of educational and social history. Drawing on extensive data and firsthand o...

Horace Mann is called The Father of the Common School and was one of the first progressive thinkers on education in the United States. His Annual Reports to the Massachusetts Board of Education, written between 1837 and 1848, are wide-ranging essays on topics, including philosophical arguments on the role of education in a democracy, curricular matters such as textbook choice and methods of reading instruction, and nitty-gritty details of classroom furnishings and buildings. Even in the mu...

Over 200 ,000 copies sold!Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning?Why do we "dress up" for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is rooted, not in the New Testament, but in pagan cult...

AT the accession of Clovis, who succeeded his father Childeric about the year 481, the Salian Franks had advanced as far as the Somme. Between the Somme and the Loire the suzerainty of the Roman Empire was still maintained. The various Gallo-Roman cities preserved a certain independence, while a Roman official, by name Syagrius, exercised a kind of protection over them. Syagrius was the son of Aegidius, the former magister militum, and he held the command by hereditary right. After the fal...