Sources for the History of Western Civilization

Michael Burger is a professor of history at Auburn University at Montgomery.

• Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Third EditionIntroduction for Students　How to Analyze a Primary Source　1 Christine de Pizan, The Book of the Body Politic2 Desiderius Erasmus, Letters2.1 To Anne of Borselle, Marchioness of Veer2.2 To Jacobus Battus2.3 To Pope Leo 2.4 To Lambertus Grunnius2.5 Lambertus Grunnius’s Reply2.6 To Cardinal Wolsey2.7 To Henry Bullock3 Martin Luther, Letters3.1 To George Spalatin3.2 To Paul Speratus3.3 To George Spalatin3.4 To Wolfgang Reissenbusch3.5 To George Spalatin4 Articles of the Catholic Leaue5 Book Twelve of The Florentine Codex6 Michel de Montaigne, Essays6.1 On Cannibals6.2 That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity7 Sir Edward Coke, The Petition of Right8 The Code Noir 9 John Locke, Second Treatise of Government10 Isaac Newton, The Principia11 Duc de Saint-Simon, Memoirs12 Population and Gross Domestic Product of Select Countries12.1 Population of Select Countries, ca. 1500 to the Present12.2 Gross Domestic Product of Select Countries, ca. 1500 to the Present13 Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology14 Decree Abolishing the Feudal System15 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen16 Olympe de Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen　17 Simón Bolívar, Addresses17.1 Speech before the Caracas Assembly17.2 Proclamation18 Constitutional Charter of France of 1814 　19 Art, Architecture, and Design in the Eighteenth Century19.1 François Boucher, Toilet of Venus (1751)19.2 Robert Adam, Tapestry Room, Croome Court, London (1760–1781)19.3 Robert Adam, Dining Room, Landsdowne House, London (1765–1768)19.4 Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates (1787)19.5 Workshop of Jean Antoine Houdon, Statuette of Voltaire (Late Eighteenth Century)19.6 Marie Victoire Lemoine, Studio of Madame Vigée Le Brun (1796)19.7 The Parthenon (Athens, Fifth Century BC)19.8 The Capitol, Washington, DC (1793–1803)19.9 Stuart Gilbert, George Washington (1800–1803)20 Interviews with Witnesses Concerning British Factories20.1 Interview with Mark Best20.2 Interview with Stephen Binns21 Speeches from the Debate on a Factory Regulations Bill in the British Parliament, March 16, 183221.1 Speech of Michael Thomas Sadler21.2 Speech of Charles Villiers22 William Wordsworth, The Tables Turned: An Evening on the Same Subject23 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott24 Emily Brontë, No Coward Soul Is Mine 25 Report on The Affairs of The Indians In Canada　26 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto27 Treaty Between the British East India Company and Maharajah Dulleep Singh Bahadoor　28 Frederick Douglass, What to The Slave Is The Fourth Of July? 29 "The Coloured People And The Common Schools" and a Reply29.1 "The Coloured People and the Common Schools"29.2 Diogenes, "A Reply"30 Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil: A Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future31 Reports to the International Council of Women, 188831.1 Paper on the Danish Woman’s Union for the Protection of Young Girls and Lonely Women 31.2 Paper on the Danish Woman’s Association31.3 Ada M. Frederiksen, Paper on Woman’s Education in Denmark31.4 Fanny Zampini Salazaro, Paper on the "Condition of Women in Italy"32 An Appeal Against Female Suffrage and a Reply 32.1 Appeal against Female Suffrage32.2 M.M. Dilke, Appeal Against Female Suffrage: A Reply33 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Speeches33.1 Speech on the Opening of the Reichstag33.2 Speech to the Students at the University of Bonn33.3 Speech at Aix, at the Site of Charlemagne’s Palace33.4 Notice Regarding Twenty-Five Years of German Labor Legislation33.5 Toast to Prince Henry on His Departure to Command Germany’s Naval Squadron in Asia 34 George Washington Carver, Feeding Acorns 35 Joseph Chamberlain, Toast at the Annual Royal Colonial Institute Dinner 36 Karl Pearson, On the Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics 37 Mahatma Gandhi, Hind Swaraj　38 Proceedings of The All-Russian Central Committee of SovietsoOf Workers’, Soldiers’, and Peasants’ Deputies: Fifth Session, November 4, 1917 39 Letters from German Soldiers In World War I39.1 From Karl Aldag39.2 From Fritze Meese39.3 From Richard Schmieder39.4 From Ernst Franke39.5 From Max Bässler39.6 From Max Görler 39.7 From Otto Heinebach 39.8 From Helmut Zschuppe 　40 Wilfred Owen, Two Letters and "A Terre" 40.1 Letter to Susan Owen, from 2nd Manchester Regiment, B.E.F. 40.2 Letter to Susan Owen, from Advanced Horse Transport Depot, Abbeville 40.3 "A Terre"41 Adolf Hitler, On the Jews and Germany　42 Nazi Party Platform　43 Adolf Hitler, Speech to the Reichstag on March 23, 1933　44 Newspaper Article and Nazi Party Instructions Regarding One-Pot Sunday44.1 Newspaper Article41.2 Instructions Regarding One-Pot Sunday45 Benito Mussolini, My Autobiography46 Plínio Salgado, Integralist Manifesto47 Verdict of The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union in the Special Investigation into the Case Of the Counter-Revolutionary Organization, "The Industrial Party," Moscow, December 8, 1930 48 Letters to R.B. Bennett48.1 Letter of Thomas M. Gibbs48.2 Letter of a Nanaimoite48.3 Letter of Mrs. Ernest Ferguson48.4 Brief Presented by the Unemployed of Edmonton to the Hon. R.B. Bennett48.5 Letter of P.R. Mulligan48.6 Letter of Miss Elizabeth McCrae48.7 Letter of L.M. Himmer49 Winston Spencer Churchill, The Sinews of Peace 50 United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples: Draft, Amendments, and Adopted Version　51 Robert S. Mcnamara, Major National Security Problems Confronting the United States　52 Articles from The Georgia Straight52.1 "Turn On, Tune In, Take Over"52.2 "Grass in Class"52.3 Dara [Culhane], "Education – For What?"52.4 Chris MacLeod, "Learning to Live without Schools"52.5 Bill Tait, "Easter Be-In"53 Sayyid Qutb, Milestones 54 Interview with Huey Newton　55 Betty Friedan, Our Revolution is Unique 56 Margaret Thatcher, Speeches56.1 Speech to The Conservative Party Conference56.2 The Fourth Nicholas Ridley Memorial Lecture57 Mary Daly, Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism58 Architecture and Design in the Twentieth Century58.1 Domestic Library, Morningside (1850s)58.2 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, "Tugendhat" Coffee Table (1930)58.3 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (1951): Exterior58.4 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York (1958)58.5.1 Thomas Gordon Smith, Tuscan House and Laurentian House, Livermore, California (1979) 58.5.2 Thomas Gordon Smith, Tuscan House and Laurentian House, Livermore, California (1979) 58.5.3 Thomas Gordon Smith, Laurentian House, Livermore, California (1979)58.6 Michael Graves, Portland Building, Portland, Oregon (1979–1982)58.7 Shiro Kuramata, "Miss Blanche" Chair (1989)58.8 Rotary Telephone, 1960s58.9 Touchtone Telephone, 1980s58.10 Michael Graves, Telephone, 200059 Tony Blair, Speeches59.1 "Security in a World of Change: The New Politics of the Left"59.2 "New Community, New Individualism"　60 Viktor Orbán, Hungary and The Crisis of Europe61 Mark Bray, Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook62 Joe Biden, Speech Before Independence Hall, Philadelphia, September 1, 2022SourcesIndex of Topics