Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to sovereignty, Rousseau argues instead for a pact—a "social contract"—that should exist among all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of governing power.
An early traveler to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus’s voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community.
As a prisoner of war, Polo recorded the details of his remarkable travels across harsh deserts, great mountain ranges, and dangerous seas, as well as of his encounters with beasts and birds, plants and people.
His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day.
Based on exhaustive research, the story he weaves is a compelling blend of anecdotes, data, and shrewd analysis that ultimately shows that environmental degradation is reversible, and historical change open-ended.
After the book spread through the ranks of Protestant hierarchy, Servetus was tried and agonizingly burned at the stake, the last known copy of the Restitutio chained to his leg—although three copies still existed.
Born in Granada in 1488, his family fled the Inquisition and took him to the city of Fez in North Africa.
Though rigorously scientific in his approach, author Norman F.
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