History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne

Categories: History, Religion & Spirituality

W. E. H. Lecky's 1869 history of moral ideas in Europe from the Roman Empire to the age of Charlemagne. He examines theories of morals, Stoic and pagan ethics in Rome, the conversion of Rome to Christianity and the moral changes it brought, and the position of women.

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• Winston Churchill: “Mr. Lecky, in his Rise and Influence of Rationalism and History of European Morals, both of which I read this winter, established in my mind a predominantly secular view.”